Supreme Court of India

State of Haryana v. Shibu @ Shiv Narain and Ors.

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Reported as [2008] 11 S.C.R. 361
Bench Dr. Arlilt Pasayat, P. Sathasivam and Aftab Alam JJ.
Decided 25 July 2008

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the presence of Attar Singh PW-5 and Rajinder FW-6 at the spot is difficult to accept.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 rlw s. 34 - Three accused alleged to have attacked c and killed the victim - Conviction by trial court - Plea before High Court that it was a blind murder and witnesses were pro- cured later on - Acquittal by High Court - HELD: Judgment of 1 acquittal is to be in,terfered with only when there are compel- ling and substantial reasons - High Court has elaborately dis- __,, -<( cussed the evidence and all aspects and rightly concluded that prosecution version was highly improbable and lacked credence - Appeal against acquittal. The prosecution case against the

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