Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 171 · Decided 3 April 1998
State of U.P. v. Sikander Ali and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 171 · [1998] 2 S.C.R. 658
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 656/1990
- Decided
- 3 April 1998
- Bench
- M.M. PUNCHHI, K.T. THOMAS, S. RAJENDRA BABU (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 391, 311
Headnote
Criminal Law : Indian Panel Code, 1860 : Section 302-Murder-Two persons shot dead-FIR Lodged giving vivid details including names of the assailants and witness-Conviction by Trial Court-Sentenced to death-Reappreciation of Evidence-On appeal, sentence of death set-aside by High Court-Held : High of the accused D restored-However, sentence of death commuted to imprisonment for life. Criminal Procedure 1973: Section 161-Delay of 24 days in examining the eye witness-IO's involvement in other duties relating to the upkeep of law and order-Held: E Lapse of the investigation should
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