Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 265 · Decided 13 April 2004
State of Uttar Pradesh v. Devendra Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 265 · [2004] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 38
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 617/1998
- Decided
- 13 April 2004
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 376, 201
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302, 376 and 201-Rape and murder-Evidence of witnesses-Appreciation of-Victim last seen with accused shortly before c occurrence-Accused refusing to have his sugarcane field searched-Dead body of victim recovered from the sugarcane field of accused-One of the witnesses (PW-4) court-Acquittal by High Court holding that PW-4 did not disclose about his having seen the occurrence for three days, his conduct was unnatural and his evidence did not inspire confidence-Hehl, D human behaviour varies from person to person-There is no set rule of natural actioti-To discard the
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