Supreme Court of India

Habib v. State of Uttar Pradesh

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Reported as [2013] 5 S.C.R. 476
Bench K.S. Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra JJ.
Decided 1 May 2013

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that the High Court has rightly found that the finding recorded by the trial court was unreasonable and perverse and reversed the order of acquittal passed by the trial Court.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 - s.302 - Prosecution of 3 accused - Acquittal by trial court - High Court convicting 2 of the accused- and upholding acquitted of one - Appeal by the convicted accused - Held: Prosecution case is supported by evidence of eye-witnesses and medical evidence - Conviction upheld. 0 Administrationof Criminal Justice - If two views are possible, one pointing to the guilt and other to the innocence, view favourable to the accused to be adopted. Motive - Evidentiary value - Held: Motive loses its significance in case of direct trust-worthy evidence. Witness - Interested witness -

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