Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 229 · Decided 9 April 2013
Sunil Kundu and ANR. v. State of Jharkhand
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 229 · [2013] 5 S.C.R. 924
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1073/2008
- Decided
- 9 April 2013
- Bench
- AFTAB ALAM, RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302134
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302134 - Murder - Prosecution for - Conviction by Courts below - Held: In view of serious C lapses in the case, prosecution case not proved beyond reasonable doubt - Hence, the accused are liable to be acquitted. Criminal Jurisprudence - Prosecution must stand or fall 0 on its case beyond reasonable doubt, it cannot draw support from weakness of the defence case. Investigation - Defective investigation - Effect of - Held: Lapses and i"egularities in investigation, if they do not go to E ..,)he root of the matter, if they do not dislodge the substratum ' of
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