Supreme Court of India

Munna @ Pooran Yadav v. State of Madhya Pradesh

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Reported as [2008] 15 S.C.R. 279
Bench D.K. Jain and V.S. Sirpurkar JJ.
Decided 4 November 2008

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the First Information Report was a genuine document and was correctly recorded at the time wheh it·was given and there is nothing unusual in the timings of First Information Report.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 - Murder - Prosecution of three accused - Sole eye-witness related to the deceased - c Conviction of the appellant-accused uls, 302 and of the co- ; accused u/s. 302134 by trial court - High Court confirming conviction of appellant-accused - Acquittal of co-accused giving them benefit of doubt - On appeal, held: Order of High Court justified - Facts of the case support the prosecution case - The evidence of the eye-witness is reliable and has ~ been appreciated by courts blow with caution - Hence cannot be discarded his being sole eye-witness and related witness · -

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