Supreme Court of India

Dayal Singh & Ors. v. State of Uttaranchal

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Reported as [2012] 10 S.C.R. 157

Bench Swatanter Kumar and Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla JJ.

Decided 3 August 2012

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From the headnote

Cnminal Trial - Defective/imprope·r investigation - Dereliction of duty and acts of omission - By PW6, the Investigating officer (SI) and PW3, the government medical officer, who prepared the post mortem report - Held: In the case at hand where one person had died allegedly due to sustained lathi blows, the report prepared by PW3 was a deliberate attempt to disguise the investigation - PW3 created a serious doubt as to the very cause of death of the deceased - If PW3 was not able to record a finding with regard to the cause of death, he was expected to record some reason in support thereof,

Authorities it was built on

1992 Madan Gopal Kakkad v. Naval Dubey and Anr. cited by 23
1995 Karnel Singh v. The State of M.P. cited by 8
1995 Awadh Bihari Yadav and Others v. The State of Bihar and Others cited by 6
2004 Dhanaj Singh @ Shera and Ors. v. State of Punjab cited by 5
2004 Ram Bali v. State of Uttar Pradesh cited by 5
1992 State of Punjab and Ors. v. Ram Singh Ex. Constable cited by 4
2009 Jayabalan v. U.T. of Pondicherry cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2025 Gastrade International v. Commissioner of Customs, Kandla relied on
2017 State of Karnataka v. Selvi J. Jayalalitha & Ors. relied on
2014 Bastiram v. State of Rajasthan relied on
2025 Hakim v. State of Nct of Delhi and Anr. referred to
2024 Sonu Agnihotri v. Chandra Shekhar & Ors. referred to
2022 M.P. Rajya Tilhan Utpadak Sahakari Sangh Maryadit, Pachama, District Sehore and Others v. M/s. Modi Transport Service referred to
2019 Anand Ramachandra Chougule v. Sidarai Laxman Chougala and Others referred to
2015 Yogendra Kumar Jaiswal Etc. v. State of Bihar & Ors. referred to
2015 Ag v. Shiv Kumar Yadav &anr. referred to
2015 Bablu Kumarand Ors. v. State of Bihair and Anr. referred to
2013 Karan Singh v. State of Haryana and Anr. referred to

Of those, 3 relied on · 8 referred to

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