Supreme Court of India

State of U.P. v. Babu and Ors.

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Reported as [2003] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 1079
Bench Doraiswamy Raju and Arijit Pasayat JJ.
Decided 24 September 2003

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, the impugned judgment of the High Court, deserves to be set aside, which we direct.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Criminal Law : Evidence-Appreciation of-Dacoity and murder-Accused identified at the spot itself with the help of torchlight and gaslight-Location of the gaslight not indicated in the site plan-Evidence of eye witnesses supporting prosecution case-Some of the witnesses not supporting the prosecution version though closely related to the deceased-Conviction by trial court­ Acquittal by High Court-Tenability of-Held, merely because the location of the gaslight was not mentioned in the sketch, that cannot.be a suspicious circumstance-Accused persons being known to the witnesses, identification

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