Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1244 · Decided 5 November 2008
State of Punjab v. Rajinder Singh & ORS. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1244 · [2008] 16 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1152/2003
- Decided
- 5 November 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 149, 148, 323
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.302 and s.302 r.w. s.149-Acquittal by High Court discarding evidence of solitary witness - c Interference with - Meld: Not called for - Witness coming to police 10 days after the incident- Explanation offered by him / that suddenly he became conscious of his that guilty persons get punishment, was not believable 'I - His evidence about the manner of assault attributed to the various accused persons was also not believable. D The trial Court held three of the accused persons guilty under s.302 IPC, two accused 'GS' and 'MS' under s.302 rlw s.149 IPC
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