Supreme Court of India
Rajendra Singh v. State of Uttaranchal
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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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