Supreme Court of India

Karan Singh v. State of Haryana and Anr.

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Reported as [2013] 5 S.C.R. 1166

Bench Dr. B.S. Chauhan and Dipak Misra JJ.

Decided 28 May 2013

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we do not find any force in the appeal, which lacks merit and is accordingly, dismissed.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 - s.302 - Murder - Conviction by courts below - Held: Consistent versions by the material witnesses regarding motive for murder - Prosecution case also supported by independent witness - There was no reason to falsely implicate the accused who was an influential person -conviction upheld. Investigation : Tainted investigation - Effect - Held: Tainted investigation leads to miscarriage of criminal justice, and thus deprives a man of his fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution :.. Every investigation must be judicious, fair transparent and expeditious

Authorities it was built on

2010 Babubhai v. State of Gujarat & Ors. Etc. cited by 17
2012 Dayal Singh & Ors. v. State of Uttaranchal cited by 11
1998 Ram Bihari Yadav v. State of Bihar and Ors. cited by 8
2012 Shyamal Ghosh v. State of West Bengal cited by 8
2003 Amar Singh v. Balwinder Singh and Ors. cited by 8
2011 Sheo Shankar Singh v. State of Jharkhand & Anr. cited by 7
2004 Ram Bali v. State of Uttar Pradesh cited by 5
2011 Mohd. Imran Khan v. State (govt. of Nct of Delhi) cited by 3
2012 Gajoo v. State of Uttarakhand cited by 3
2009 Sonali Mukherjee v. Union of India cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2025 Hakim v. State of Nct of Delhi and Anr. referred to

Of those, 1 referred to

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