Supreme Court of India

Sucha Singh v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [2009] 8 S.C.R. 871
Bench S.B. Sinha and Dr. Mukundakam Sharma JJ.
Decided 13 May 2009

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Penal Code, 1860 - s.302 - Prosecution under ss. 302 and 307 - Of two. accused - Charge of co-accused altered to one ulss. 302134 and 307134 in view of supplementary c statement of first informant- Acquittal of both the accused by trial court - High Court convicting the accused u/s. 302 while upholding acquittal of co-accused - On appeal, held: Evidence of eye-witness (first informant) is not reliable - There are vital contradictions in the FIR and the supplementary statement of the first informant - The contradictions regarding number of injuries, time of occurrence, place of occurrence,

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