Supreme Court · 1995 INSC 225 · Decided 28 March 1995
Sukhwant Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1995 INSC 225 · [1995] 2 S.C.R. 1190
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 433/1985
- Decided
- 28 March 1995
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, FAIZAN UDDIN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC; Evidence Act Section 138
Headnote
STATE OF PUNJAB MARCH 28, 1995 B (DR. A.S. ANAND AND FAIZAN UDDIN, JJ.) I Indian Penal Code, 1860: S.302--Murder Trial-Brother of deceased present to iffentify the dead \ C body at the time of post mortem-Not present when the body was brought to hospital--Effect of-Recovery of pistol and also detract materially from reliability. D Evidence Act, 1872 : S. 138 ·Examination or witnesses-Tendering witnesses for cross-ex· amination only-Amounts to failure of Prosecution to examine them at the trial-Affects credibility of Prosecution case-Also detracts materially from
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