Supreme Court of India

State, Govt. of Nct of Delhi v. Sun Il and Another

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Reported as [2000] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 144

Bench K.T. Thomas J.

Decided 29 November 2000

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What the Court ordered

In the result, we set aside the impugned judgment of the High Court.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Criminal law Penal Code 1860-Sections 364, 376, 377 and 302 read with Section 34-Respondents charged for kidnapping, rape and murder of four year old-Sessions Court convicting the Respondents on the basis of autopsy report and evidence of (PWs 8 & IO-High Court acquitting both based on minor discrepancies and Medico legal Certificate issued by a doctor who examined the deceased before autopsy-Held, minor discrepancies are common features in any trial-Decision of High Court set aside-Conviction upheld Evidence Act-Section 27-Criminal Procedure Code 1973-Sections 100(5), 161-Held, there is no

Where later benches applied it

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2013 Gian Chand & Ors. v. State of Haryana relied on
2013 Ram Swaroop v. State (govt. Nct) of Delhi relied on
2013 Kashmiri Lal v. State of Haryana relied on
2013 Ibrahim Musa Chauhan @ Baba Chauhan v. State of Maharashtra relied on
2012 Munish Mubar v. State of Haryana relied on
2012 Dr. Sunil Clifford Daniel v. State of Punjab relied on
2020 Surinder Kumar v. State of Punjab referred to
2017 Mukesh & Anr. v. State for Nct of Delhi & Ors. referred to
2015 Kulwinder Singh &anr. v. State of Punjab referred to
2013 Pramod Kumar v. State (gnct) of Delhi referred to
2012 Govindaraju@ Govinda v. State by Sriramapuram P.S. & Anr. referred to
2014 State of Gujarat v. Kishanbhai Etc. mentioned
2025 Renuka Prasad v. The State Represented by Assistant Superintendent of Police distinguished

Of those, 8 relied on · 1 distinguished · 5 referred to · 1 mentioned

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