Supreme Court of India

Sukhchain Singh v. State of Haryana and Ors.

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Reported as [2002] 3 S.C.R. 408
Bench R.P. Sethi and Doraiswamy Raju JJ.
Decided 24 April 2002

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the trial court had assigned valid and cogent reasons for concluding that the accused persons - ... 'r had committed the offence and were guilty.

Judgment, page 14

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Penal Code, 1860-Section 302 read with Section 34-Murder­ Conviction-Appreciation of evidence-On facts accused persons allegedly surrounding deceased and inflicting lathi blows-Occurrence witnessed by deceased brother and his cousin-Eye witnesses and another brother of deceased removed deceased in injured condition to hospital but he succumbed to his injuries at hospital-Post mortem report stating death due to injury to brain-FIR-Investigation-Trial Court relying on testimony of eye witnesses convicting accused persons-However, High Court on various presumptions holding that witnesses were

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