Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 212 · Decided 11 April 2000
State of U.P. v. Babu Ram
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 212 · [2000] 2 S.C.R. 1201
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 279/1995
- Decided
- 11 April 2000
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, Y.K. SABHARWAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act Section 8
Headnote
Evidence Act, 1872-Section 8-Motive-Evidentiary value-Failure to prove motive-Consequenqes of-Whether prosecution case wouldfailfor its failure to prove the motive-Held, No-Whether inability to prove motive A B would weaken prosecution to any perceptible limit-Held, No. C Indian Penal Code, upheld-Unmerited acquittal passed by High Court set aside in appeal-Sentence of death altered to imprisonment for life. The respondent was prosecuted for committing triple murder of his father, mother and brother. The trial Court convicted him for the offence u/S. 302 Indian Penal
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