Supreme Court of India

Sukhdeep Singh @ Deep Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.

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Reported as [2009] 15 S.C.R. 1252
Bench Harjit Singh Bedi and T.S. Thakur JJ.
Decided 1 December 2009

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Judgment, page 7

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Penal Code, 1860: c s. 302 - Murder - Accused firing at his rival - Causing Ji his death -Acquittal by trial court on ground that oral evidence was at variance with medical evidence and that empty cartridge recovered from scene of occurrence did not match the crime weapon - Conviction by High Court u/s 302 - HELD: Trial court misread the evidence - Testimony of prosecution witnesses was consistent - Medical evidence far from dislodging the prosecution case, fully supports the same ;... - Prosecution has also explained the confusion, if any, with regard to the cartridge and the weapon -

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