Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 693 · Decided 13 June 2007
State of Rajas Than v. Om Prakash
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 693 · [2007] 7 S.C.R. 1000
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 722/2001
- Decided
- 13 June 2007
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, B.P. SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
Penal Code, I 860-s. 302-Conviction under, on basis of evidence of ' prosecution witnesses-Set aside by High Court since the conviction could c not be recorded on the basis of evidence of solitary witness, that too when ~ he was related to the deceased-Held: Evidence of witness was credible- the conduct of the accused was highly suspicious-Thus, the order of High Court indefensible and is set aside. D N lodged FIR that he heard that respondent-OP _killed his wife due to quarrel. Investigation was carried out. Accused was arrested and the blood stained knife and clothes
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)