Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 430 · Decided 4 July 2011
Sunil Rai @ Paua & ORS. v. Union Territory, Chandigarh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 430 · [2011] 7 S.C.R. 41
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1254/2011
- Decided
- 4 July 2011
- Bench
- AFTAB ALAM, RAJENDRA MAL LODHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: A B s. 302134 - Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Extra- c judicial confession - Conviction of three accused by trial court - Affirmed by High Court - HELD: The first circumstance of deceased seen being chased by accused not established - The witness who claims that the main tried to save· one of the accused and 0 implicate another person in his place and thus, his evidence cannot be relied upon - The recovery of blood stained jacket of the main accused is of no consequence ·as his blood sample was not taken to ascertain his blood group - Theft of money
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