Supreme Court · 1978 INSC 142 · Decided 22 August 1978
State of U.P. v. Boota Singh & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1978 INSC 142 · [1979] 1 S.C.R. 298
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 32/1972
- Decided
- 22 August 1978
- Bench
- S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI, P.N. SHINGAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34; Evidence Act Section 27
Headnote
OF U.P. v. BOOTA SINGH & OTHERS August 22, 1978 [S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI AND P. N. SHINGHAL., .lJ.J Appeal against acquittal-/11terfer,:011ce-Scope of-High Court misreedi11g evidence, rc1·e1sing ;udg1nent of Sessians Court-ln1porta11t conclusions arril•eri. at by Sessions Court independent evidence-Necessity of-Satisfactiou and support in extrinsic e~'idence-Use of. Identification Parade-Necessity of keeping accused baparda explained-·~ El'idence of identification-When of weak character. Three of the four accused persons were related to one another and the
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