Supreme Court of India
Jalpat Rai & Ors. v. State of Haryana
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above discussion, these two appeals are allowed and the judgment of the High Court as regards ·the present appellants is set aside.
Judgment, page 33
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 rlw s. 149 and s. 148 - Fire shots resulting in death of three persons - Conviction of -2 uls. 302 and s. 27 of Arms Act, 1959 and acquittal of the other accused (appellants) by trial court on the ground that the ocular testimony of prosecution witnesses was not reliable and was contradictory to the report of the ballistic expert - High Court held that the evidence of prosecution witnesses was cogent, convincing and truthful and convicted appellants uls. 148 and s. 302 r/w s. 149 - On appeal, held: Prosecution witnesses were closely related to the three deceased -
Authorities it was built on
- 1988 A.R. Antulay v. R.S. Nayak & Anr.
- 2008 Ghurey Lal v. State of U.P.
- 2010 Darshan Singh v. State of Punjab & Anr.
- 1974 Balak Ram Etc. v. The State of U.P.
- 1982 Harbans Singh v. State of U.P. & Others
- 2009 Mahendra Pratap Singh v. State of U.P.
- 1987 Jadavji Purshotiam v. Dhami Navnitbhai Amaratlal & Ors.
- 2009 Mahtab Singh & Anr. v. State of U.P.
- 1994 Raja Ram and Ors. v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- 2002 Deepak Kumar v. Ravi Virmani and Anr.
- 1990 State of Uttar Pradesh v. Moti Ram and Anr. Etc. Etc.
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