Supreme Court of India

Anter Singh v. State of Rajasthan

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Reported as [2004] 2 S.C.R. 123

Bench Doraiswamy Raju and Arijit Pasa Y At JJ.

Decided 5 February 2004

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Penal Code, 1860-Seclion 302-Appel/ant along with other accused tried for murder-Upon information of appellant while in custody, search made and a pistol recovered-Empty cartridges also found near the dead body-Appellant found guilty of murdering deceased while other accused were acquitted-Held, there are several discrepancies and shortcomings in evidence which considerably corrode credibility of the prosecution version-Prosecution not being able to show that the pistol recovered was the one which was used for commission of the offence-Custody of empty cartridges purported to have been

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2024 Anees v. The State Govt. of Nct relied on
2015 State of Maharashtra v. Ramlal Devappa Rathod and Others relied on
2014 Chandra Prakash v. State of Rajasthan relied on
2014 Laut Kumar Yadav @ Kuri v. State of Utiar Pradesh relied on
2012 Tulshiram Sahadu Suryawanshi & Anr. v. State of Maharashtra relied on
2017 Mukesh & Anr. v. State for Nct of Delhi & Ors. referred to
2012 Jitender Kumar v. State of Haryana referred to

Of those, 5 relied on · 2 referred to

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