Supreme Court of India

Rajendra Singh v. State of Uttaranchal

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Reported as [2013] 2 S.C.R. 783
Bench Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai JJ.
Decided 11 February 2013

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the High Court has rightly rejected the view taken by the trial court as wholly untenable and has rightly accepted the evidences of PW.2 and PW.3 in order to bring home the guilt of the appellant.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

PENAZ.. CODE, 1860: s .. 302 - Murder - Acquittal by trial court - Conviction by c High Court - Held: The medical evidence is quite consistent with the prosecution case that the deceased was killed by inflicting injuries by a pair of scissors - Both the eye-witnesses fully supported the prosecution case in regard to the assault by appellant on deceased with a pair of scissors - 0 Discrepancies between statements of two eye-witnesses 1 highlighted by trial court cannot be a ground for rejecting their deposition entirely - High Court has rightly rejected the view taken by trial court as wholly

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