Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 508 · Decided 7 November 2000
State of U.P. v. Hari Mohan and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 508 · [2000] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 440
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 484/1991
- Decided
- 7 November 2000
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, R.P. SETHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34, 201
Headnote
Criminal law: Indian Penal Code, 1860-Sections. 302, 34 and 201-Murder­ Applicability of circumstantial evidence in conviction of accused when there is no direct evidence-Held, the circumstantial evidence should be consistent with the guilt of the accused and inconsistent with his innocence. D the deceased was found in a gunny bag floating in a pond. The body bore gun shot injuries. The First Additional Sessions Judge convicted the accused under Sections 302 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and sentenced him to life imprisonment. Other respondents were convicted under
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