Supreme Court of India

Bhagwan Swarup and Anr. v. State of Rajasthan

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Reported as [1991] 3 S.C.R. 820
Bench S. Ratnavel Pandian and K. Jayachandra C Reddy JJ.
Decided 28 August 1991

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What the Court ordered

In the result the convictions and sentences awarded against A 1 and A 2 are set aside.

Judgment, page 19

From the headnote

Penal Code, 186()-..Sections 302, 201 and 120-/J-,Charges­ Conviction by High Court-Modification of sentence by convicting accused no. 1 u/s. 202. lPC for making illegal omission to inform the authorities and acquitting the accused of the offences by Supreme Court u/s. 2(a) of the Supreme Court (Enlargement of General Appellate Jurisdiction) Act. 1970. ~upreme Court (Enlargement of General Appellate Jurisdiction) Act, 1970-Section 2(a)-Appeal-Appreciation of evidence-conspi- racy cannot be proved by conjectures and surmises-Absence of evi­ dence to connect accused with the

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