Supreme Court of India

Satyavir Singh v. State of U.P.

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Reported as [2010] 2 S.C.R. 729

Bench Altamas Kabir and Swatanter Kumar JJ.

Decided 11 February 2010

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Penal Code, 1860 - s. 307 - Accused, armed with licensed gun of his brother, allegedly fired bullet shots at informant's brother and injured him - Trial Court convicted accused uls 307, /PC and u/s 27 of Arms Act - First Appellate Court held that the firing was accidental and acquitted accused of both the offences - High Court reversed the judgment of acquittal by convicting accused uls.307, /PC - Justification of - Held: Justified - The First Appellate Court o founded its judgment of acquittal on surmises and suspicion, which were not supported by evidence on record - Statement of eye

Authorities it was built on

2009 Arulvelu and Another v. State Represented by the Public Prosecutor and Another cited by 18
2008 Ghurey Lal v. State of U.P. cited by 10
1978 Ganesh Bhavan Patel & Anr. v. State of Maharashtra cited by 8
2000 Kunwar Bahadur Singh v. Sheo Baran Singh and Ors. cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2013 Prem Kaur v. State of Punjab and Ors. referred to

Of those, 1 referred to

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