Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 448 · Decided 26 March 1996
State of U.P. v. SMT. Noorie @ Noor Jahan and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 448 · [1996] 3 S.C.R. 886
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 183/1986
- Decided
- 26 March 1996
- Bench
- M.K. MUKHERJEE, G.B. PATTANAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 147, 148, 3021149, 201, 302, 149, 511
Headnote
Indian Penal Code, 1860 : Sections 147, 148, 3021149 and 201/Sll. Convicllon under--Validity of • Evidence-Climinal Triaf-Eye witnesses-Assessment and evaluation of evidence--Principles fo,-.Duty of Court to avoid conjecture and fanciful speculation. Respondents N, I, Rand B were prosecuted The allegation against them was that they along with some unknown person murdered R with knives and lathis. The prosecution case was that deceased R had gone to his tubewell ai 10.30 A.M. on 25.2.1975 for getting the same repaired E through a mechanic, PW 2. As he did noi come home to take
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