Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 170 · Decided 12 February 2009
State of U.P. v. Sheo Lal & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 170 · [2009] 2 S.C.R. 343
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 362/2002
- Decided
- 12 February 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34, 354
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 : ss. 302 rlw s. 34 and s. 323 rlw s. 34, s. 354 - Murder - c Allegation of molestation by niece of deceased against accused person - Fatal injuries to deceased as also injuries to eye-witness - Conviction by trial court - However, acquittal by High Court - Sustainability of - -'- Judgment of High Court full of contradictions - There was total D ~ non-application of mind - Evidence of injured eye-witnesses • cannot be discarded -Accused were not strangers to witnesses and as such the identification was pcssible in dark night. According to the prosecution case,
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