Supreme Court of India
State of Punjab v. Jagir Singh and Ors.
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Criminal practice and procedure-Appreciation of evidence and sentence. The respondents were convicted of murder and sentenced to death. The High Court acquitted them in appeal. In appeal to this Court, setting aside the acquittal, HELD : ( 1) criminal trial is not like a fairy tale :wherein one is free to give flight to one's imagination and phantasy. It concerns itself with the question as to whether the accused arraigned at the trial is guilty of the crime with which he is charged. Crime is an event i_n real life and is the product of interplay of different human emotions. In_ arriving at
Where later benches applied it
- 2021 Jaikam Khan v. The State of Uttar Pradesh
- 2015 Jodhan v. State of M.P.
- 2012 Thoti Manohar v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- 2025 Kattavellai @ Devakar v. State of Tamilnadu
- 2017 Mukesh & Anr. v. State for Nct of Delhi & Ors.
- 2013 Prem Kaur v. State of Punjab and Ors.
Of those, 3 relied on · 3 referred to
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