Supreme Court of India

State of Uttar Pradesh v. Devendra Singh

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Reported as [2004] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 38
Bench Doraiswamy Raju and Arijit Pasayat JJ.
Decided 13 April 2004

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Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302, 376 and 201-Rape and murder-Evidence of witnesses-Appreciation of-Victim last seen with accused shortly before c occurrence-Accused refusing to have his sugarcane field searched-Dead body of victim recovered from the sugarcane field of accused-One of the witnesses (PW-4) aged I 6 years deposing that he saw accused throttling the deceased-Conviction by trial court-Acquittal by High Court holding that PW-4 did not disclose about his having seen the occurrence for three days, his conduct was unnatural and his evidence did not inspire confidence-Hehl, human behaviour

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