Supreme Court of India

Sunny Kapoor v. State (ut of Chandigarh)

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Reported as [2006] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 881
Bench S.B. Sinha and P.P. Naolekar JJ.
Decided 5 May 2006

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, we are of the opinion on the basis of such evidence, it would not be safe to uphold the judgment of conviction and sentence passed against the appellants herein.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Criminal Trial. Circumstantial evidence-Death due to strangulation--Belongings of deceased missing-FIR lodged against unknown persons-Glaring c discrepancies in regard to date and time of recovery of dead body-Extra- judicial confession made by accused persons appearing doubtful-Evidence of witnesses not at all trustworthy-Accused persons not charged under Section 397-No recovery made from accused persons-No evidence that all accused persons present when deceased was strangulated-Another person involved whose name never figured during investigation-Held, common intention not established and

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