Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 113 · Decided 20 February 2003
State of U.P. v. Premi and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 113 · [2003] 2 S.C.R. 266
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 486/1996
- Decided
- 20 February 2003
- Bench
- Y.K. SABHARWAL, H.K. SEMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34, 302, 304, 452; Evidence Act
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860; Sections 34, 302, 304 and 452:. Murder and other offences-Conviction by Trial Court-Reversed by C High Court doubting the testimony of prosecution witness on contradiction and improvements in the evidence, and in identification of accused as a,lso difference between ocular and at the time and place of incident was corrobr;11:ated by Investigating Officer, conclusion D as to absence of light and doubting the. identification/recognition of accused by the prosecution witness could not be drawn-When improvements and contradictions are minor and natural, truthfolness of
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