Supreme Court of India

Ram Pal and Anr. v. State of U.P.

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Reported as [2007] 13 S.C.R. 789
Bench S.B. Sinha J.
Decided 14 December 2007

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that on account of dispersal of the pellets at that range, not all would have struck home.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 rlw s.149-Murder-Caused by gun shots-Two accused-Acquittal of accused by Trial Court-Set aside by High Court-On appeal, held: PW-I clearly stated as to the manner c in which the incident had happened-His statement finds full support from PW3-No reason to disbelieve presence of PWs I and 3, more so as the FIR had been promptly lodged-Facts that the cartridge case had been left by assailants at the spot and that the shots had been fired from a shotgun and a pistol mentioned in the FIR-Post-mortem " report confirmed PWI 's statement with regard to the range from which

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