Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 252 · Decided 21 March 2018
State of Uttar Pradesh v. Om Pal & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 252 · [2018] 3 S.C.R. 96
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 21/2018
- Decided
- 21 March 2018
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, S. ABDUL NAZEER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34; CrPC Section 161; Arms Act Section 25
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s. 302/34 - Prosecution under - Of respondents-accused - Conviction by trial court relying on the evidence of two eye-witnesses and the complainant - Acquittal by High Court disbelieving the witnesses - On appeal, held: High Court while disbelieved the presence of the eye-witnesses in view of their unnatural behaviour and their contradictory statements - FIR was lodged by the complainant on the basis of information of one of the eye-witnesses - When the evidence of eye-witness is not believable, evidence of
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