Supreme Court of India

Shyamal Saha & Anr. v. State of West Bengal

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Reported as [2014] 3 S.C.R. 90
Bench Ranjana Prakash Desai J.
Decided 24 February 2014

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PENAL CODE, 1860: s. 302 - Murder - /legation that the victim-deceased was taken across the river by appellants in a boat and thereafter taken to jungle and killed - Trial court found that evidence of witnesses was inconsistent and acquitted the appellant - High Court applied the last seen theory and set aside the order of acquittal - On appeal, held: Number of independent witnesses turned hostile and three important witnesses added more in their oral testimony before the court than what was stated by them before the Investigating officer during investigation - High Court believed their

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