Supreme Court of India

State of Uttar Pradesh v. Moti Ram and Anr. Etc. Etc.

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Reported as [1990] 2 S.C.R. 939
Bench S. Ratnavel Pandian and K. Jayachandra B Reddy JJ.
Decided 2 May 1990
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2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

In the result the judgment of the High Court is confirmed and all the appeals pre­ ferred by the State are dismissed.

Judgment, page 20

From the headnote

r Constitution of India-Article 136-Appeal by special leave by State against acquittal by High Court-Held evidence ambulatory and vacillating-Suffering from insurmountable infirmities and probabili- " ties-Suspicion however strong-Not sufficient to take place of legal c proof and warrant finding of guilt against accused. ( This appeal has been preferred by the State against an order of acquittal recorded by the High Court in respect of the accused respon- dent. According to the prosecution there were two rival factions in village Deotaha (U.P.), one led by the accused-respondents and the

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