Supreme Court of India
Lal Bahadur & Ors. v. State (nct of Delhi)
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What the Court ordered
In view of the aforesaid analysis of the facts and C evidence on record, we reach the inescapable conclusion that the High Court correctly appreciated the evidence and reversed the findings of the trial court.
Judgment, page 26
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss.1471149/4491436!302!395/396 - Assassination of the Prime Minister of India - Communal riots c - Violent mob attacks on Sikh community - Mob killing husband and father-in-law of PW1 and also looting articles - Acquittal .of accused-appellants - Reversal of acquittal by High Court - Justification - Held: Justified -The witnesses consistently deposed with regard to the offence committed by 0 the appellants and their evidence remained unshaken during their cross-examination - Mere marginal variation and contradiction in their statements not a ground to discard the testimony
Authorities it was built on
- 1983 Bharwada Bhoginbhai Hirjibhai v. State of Gujarat
- 2011 State of U.P. v. Naresh and Ors.
- 1999 Leela Ram (d) through Duli Chand v. State of Haryana and Anr.
- 1981 Rama Nand and Ors. v. State of Himachal Pradesh
- 2001 Lokeman Shah and Anr. Etc. Etc. v. State of West Bengal Etc. Etc.
- 1996 Delhi Administration v. Tribhuvan Nath and Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Firoz Khan Akbarkhan v. The State of Maharashtra
- 2013 Gangabhavani v. Rayapati Venkat Reddy & Ors.
Of those, 2 relied on
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