Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 1181 · Decided 10 December 2018
State of Uttar Pradesh v. Wasif Haider ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 1181 · [2018] 14 S.C.R. 1161
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1702/2014
- Decided
- 10 December 2018
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, MOHAN M. SHANTANAGOUDAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 307; Arms Act Section 25, 27
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss.302 and 307 r/w ss.149, 148 - Appeal against acquittal - PW-2-Police Official got to know that a crowd of around 200-300 rioters was causing rampage and destruction at a temple - PW-2 accompanied by the police force and a senior official proceeded started firing upon them, injuring the senior official, who later succumbed to the injuries - Respondents-accused persons arrested - Trial court convicted the respondents - High Court set aside the conviction - Held: In appeal against acquittal, the appellate court would
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