Supreme Court of India
State of U.P. v. Ashok Kumar & Another
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We hold that this is not a case in which we should interfere with the order of acquittal passed by the High Court.
Judgment, page 5
From the headnote
Penal Code-s. 302-Supreme Court-When would' interfere with order of acquittal in special leave-Witnesses claimed they identified the assailant from a distance of 150 yards on a moonlight night-If could be believed. The respondents were charged with an offence under s. 302, I.P. . The prosecution case was thh,t on the night of occurrence (which was a moonlight 'night) the deceased and the prosecution witnesses attended a drama in the Ramlila Grounds of the village and when the deceased, after taking two 1amosas and tea, was returning home some time past midnight, the respondents shot him dead
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