Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 710 · Decided 23 October 1997
State of U.P. v. Bhoora and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 710 · [1997] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 703
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 91/1988
- Decided
- 23 October 1997
- Bench
- G.T. NANAVATI, V.N. KHARE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 396, 34
Headnote
B Indian Penal Code-Section 396 read with Section 34-Dacoity with murder-Identification of accused-Conviction by Trial Court-Acquittal by High Court on re-appreciation of evidence-Held, Prosecution witnesses C were playing cards under light from a lantern and two electric pole lights, one in north-western direction to this place and fired at prosecution witnesses and others with them-As accused had come from north-western direction, even if there caps cast shadow on their faces while passing north-western electric pole, light from D electric pole in north-eastern direction would
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