Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 226 · Decided 24 April 2002
Sukhchain Singh v. State of Haryana and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 226 · [2002] 3 S.C.R. 408
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 57/1996
- Decided
- 24 April 2002
- Bench
- R.P. SETHI, DORAISWAMY RAJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860-Section 302 read with Section 34-Murder­ Conviction-Appreciation of evidence-On facts accused persons allegedly C surrounding deceased and inflicting lathi blows-Occurrence witnessed by deceased brother and his cousin-Eye witnesses and another brother of deceased removed stating death due to injury to brain-FIR-Investigation-Trial Court relying on testimony of eye witnesses convicting accused persons-However, High Court on various presumptions D holding that witnesses were not eye witnesses to occurrence, discarded their evidence and acquitted the accused-On
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