Supreme Court of India

Krishnan v. State Represented by Inspector of Police

Neutral citation
Reported as [2008] 7 S.C.R. 1030
Bench S.B. Sinha J.
Decided 8 May 2008

INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.

From the headnote

Evidence: Circumstantial evidence - Conviction based on - c Legality of-Accused held guilty by trial court and High Court u/s 302134 !PC merely on the basis of circumstantial evidence - No direct evidence to connect accused with commission of offence - Accused neither named in complaint nor in FIR - Presence of accused at scene of occurrence prior to incident not proved - Evidence on record to the effect that accused had earlier appeared a." a witness against police officer ' concerned - HELD: Evaluation of findings by trial court as affirmed by High Court suffers from manifest error and \-

Authorities it was built on

Sign in free to read it

  • The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
  • The ratio: what the Court held, verbatim, with the page it sits on
  • Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
  • Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
  • Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing
Sign in to read - for free

An email address, no password.