Supreme Court of India

Sobaran Singh & Ors. v. State of M.P.

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Reported as [2014] 8 S.C.R. 169
Bench T.S. Thakur, V. Gopala Gowda and C. Nagappan JJ.
Decided 7 July 2014

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the G case against the appellants has not been proved beyond a reasonable doubt and they are entitled to benefit of doubt.. Their appeal consequently succeed and is allowed and the conviction and sentence imposed on them .are set aside and they shall be set at liberty forthwith, if not required in any other case.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

PENAL CODE, 1860: s. 302 rlw s. 34 - Murder - FIR registered 11 months after 'Marg' investigation - Accused named in FIR - Conviction of all the three accused-appellants by trial court -- Affirmed by High Court - Held: Out of five witnesses of occurrence, two including an independent witness did not support prosecution case and they were declared hostile - Two of the remaining witnesses are brothers and uncle of deceased - One of them was not examined in 'Marg' investigation -- Testimonies of the other two are at variance from their statements recorded during 'Marg" investigation - Their

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