Supreme Court of India

State of U.P. v. Boota Singh & Others

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Reported as [1979] 1 S.C.R. 298

Bench S. Murtaza Fazal Ali J.

Decided 22 August 1978

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the prosecution has proved beyond reasonable. doubt that the respondent Boota Singh had approached Inder Singh for hiring the taxi and Inder Singh allowed Boota Singh to take the taxi along with his son Lal Singh, deceased.

Judgment, page 21

Authorities it was built on

1963 Shranappa Mutyappa Halke v. St A Te of Maharashtra cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2014 Prakash v. State of Karnataka relied on

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