Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1486 · Decided 13 December 1996
State of U.P. v. Raghubir Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1486 · [1996] SUPP. 10 S.C.R. 91
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2051/1996
- Decided
- 13 December 1996
- Bench
- M.M. PUNCHHI, K.T. THOMAS (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 364, 304, 34; Evidence Act Section 1511155, 140, 151
Headnote
v. RAGHUBIR SINGH DECEMBER 13, 1996 (M.M. PUNCHHI AND K.T. THOMAS,.JJ.) Penal Code, 1860---Section 364/304 r/w Sec. 34-Conviction by Tlial Court-Acquittal by High Court-On appeal, held High Court not justified in interfering with the well reasoned order passed by the Trial Court-Conviction and was kidnapped and murdered-Paternity of the child was not in the issue-Mur­ derer cannot escape by establishing that the mother was of loose moral~Such question to shake the credit of another witness or party should D not be allowed. The accused (A-1) and the deceased were brothers and sons
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)