Supreme Court of India

State of Punjab v. Karnail Singh

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Reported as [2003] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 593

Bench Doraiswamy Raju and Arijit Pasa Y At JJ.

Decided 14 August 2003

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the G High Court is not justified in directing acquittal of the accused persons.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Appeal against acquittal-Interference-Permissibility of-Held: Interference is permissible only when there are compelling and substantial reasons-Constitution of India, 1950-Article 136. Section I 54-FIR-Delay in lodging-Effect of-Held: Merely because FIR was not lodged due to distance, it cannot be said that there was a delay, more so when the area was terrorist infected area. Section 313-Statement of accused-Facts within special knowledge of accused, when not satisfactorily explained in a murder case-Effect. of Held: It is a factor against accused and

Where later benches applied it

2017 State of Karnataka v. Selvi J. Jayalalitha & Ors. relied on
2014 Basappa v. State of Karnataka relied on
2013 Putchalapalli Naresh Reddy v. State of A.P. and Etc. relied on
2017 Ganesh Shamrao Andekar & Anr. v. State of Maharashtra referred to
2015 Jodhan v. State of M.P. referred to
2014 Vijay Pal Singh and Others v. State of Utiarakhand referred to
2013 Surya Baksh Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh referred to
2011 Bhajan Singh @ Harbhajan Singh & Ors. v. State of Haryana referred to

Of those, 3 relied on · 5 referred to

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