Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 678 · Decided 11 July 2022
Virendra v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 678 · [2022] 7 S.C.R. 464
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 466/2018
- Decided
- 11 July 2022
- Bench
- SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, M.M. SUNDRESH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34; Arms Act
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302 r/w s. 34 - Murder - Prosecution case that victim was allegedly shot dead and killed by the three persons over a pending property dispute - One of them died during the trial - Conviction of other two-appellant and other u/s. 302/34 and the Arms Act imprisonment by courts below - Appeal by the appellant before this Court - Held: Evidence of eye-witness cannot be relied upon as against the other prosecution witnesses - Recovery of weapon not proved - Evidence to implicate the accused not adequate - Failure of
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