Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 217 · Decided 27 February 2007
State of Rajasthan v. Netrapal and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 217 · [2007] 3 S.C.R. 301
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 711/1996
- Decided
- 27 February 2007
- Bench
- C.K. THAKKER, LOKESHWAR SINGH PANTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 395; Evidence Act Section 27; Arms Act Section 395, 25
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860/Arms Act, 1959-Section 395/Section 3 rlw s. 25(J)(a)-Conviction under-Acquittal by High Court granting benefit of doubt-Justification of-Held: In facts and circumstances of the case, prosecution failed to prove 'beyond reasonable doubt' that the accused were C the persons who harsh observations and using strong language against prosecution witnesses-Held: Such comments neither justified nor called for-In view of conflicting statements, the Court D may not believe a version against the accused-But cannot say that the other version was 'fq/se' or 'incorrect'-Judiciql
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