Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 683 · Decided 13 May 2025
Tukesh Singh & ORS. v. State of Chhattisgarh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 683 · [2025] 6 S.C.R. 266
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1157/2011
- Decided
- 13 May 2025
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, PANKAJ MITHAL, AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 147, 148, 149, 302, 307; CrPC
Headnote
Issue arose as regards the effect of the failure of the eyewitnesses to identify the accused in the court on the prosecution case. Witness - Eyewitness - Failure of the eyewitnesses to identify the accused in the court - Effect on the case that accused persons with a common object, armed with deadly weapons, murdered two persons and attempted to kill others, who are now the injured witnesses - Trial Court convicted the accused persons for the offences punishable u/ss.147, 148, 307, rw s.149 and s.302 rw s.149 and
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