Supreme Court of India

Sardar Hussain & Anr. v. State of Uttar Pradesh

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Reported as [1988] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 245
Bench G.L. Oza and K. Jagannatha Shetty JJ.
Decided 5 August 1988

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Indian Penal Code, 1860: Sections 210, 302 and 364--Appellants convicted by Trial Court-High Court 'confirming conviction-On appeal Supreme Court acquitting accused holding that circumstantial evidence falls short of required standard on all material particulars. The prosecution case was: the appellants, who were of 'had character, had an.evil eye on the lands belonging to the younger brother of PW I, in furtherance of which they got a fraudulent sale deed executed and murdered him in order to eliminate the possibility of the fraud being detected. Suspecting foul play of the appellants, PW I

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