Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 189 · Decided 8 March 2011
State of U.P. v. Naresh and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 189 · [2011] 4 S.C.R. 1176
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 674/2006
- Decided
- 8 March 2011
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, B.S. CHAUHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302134, 307134, 379134, 302, 34, 307, 379
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss.302134, 307134 and 379134 - Murder of one person and serious gunshot injuries to another C - Conviction of accused-respondents by trial court - Order reversed by High Court - Justificatio11 of- Held: Not Justified - The High Court gravely erred in discarding the evidence of deceased - It further fell into error in not giving due weightage to o deposition of a stamped witness, who had suffered gun shot injuries - The High Court made too much of insignificant discrepancies, which were made the basis for acquittal - Judgment of trial court convicting the respondents
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