Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 285 · Decided 3 March 2008
Vinay D. Nagar v. State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 285 · [2008] 3 S.C.R. 735
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 210/2007
- Decided
- 3 March 2008
- Bench
- P.P. NAOLEKAR, LOKESHWAR SINGH PANTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 364, 450, 302, 201; CrPC Section 161, 164, 162, 313; Evidence Act Section 32(1), 32
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 364, 450, 302 and 201 - Deceased missing under suspicious circumstances - Later his dead body found .:.. He was a prime witness in a criminal c case against the accused - He had given his statement u/s 161 Cr.PC. and was to make a statement uls 164 Cr.PC. Conviction by courts below on the basis of circumstantial evidence - On appeal, held: Conviction not correct - Prosecution. failed to prove the chain of evidence D which would lead to unequivocal conclusion of pointing to the guilt of the accused ...;. The 161 Cr.PC. statement of the deceased
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