Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 806 · Decided 13 May 2009
Sucha Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 806 · [2009] 8 S.C.R. 871
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 753/2008
- Decided
- 13 May 2009
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 307, 34
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.302 - Prosecution under ss. 302 and 307 - Of two. accused - Charge of co-accused altered to one ulss. 302134 and 307134 in view of supplementary c statement of first informant- Acquittal of both the accused by trial court - High Court convicting the accused u/s. 302 while held: Evidence of eye-witness (first informant) is not reliable - There are vital contradictions in the FIR and the supplementary D statement of the first informant - The contradictions regarding number of injuries, time of occurrence, place of occurrence, sequence of events and the manner
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