Supreme Court of India
Sadhu Saran Singh v. State of U.P. and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
For the aforesaid reasons, we reach to the irresistible conclusion that these appeals deserve to be allowed and the impugned judgment and order has to be set aside.
Judgment, page 17
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss.147, 148, 149, 302, 307 and 504 - Prosecution under - Death of three persons and injury of eye-witness - Caused by five accused - Trial court convicted all the accused and sentenced three of the accused to life imprisonment and two of the accused to death sentence for the offence of murder - High Court acquitted all the accused of all the charges - On appeal, held: The reasons given by High Court acquitting the accused are flimsy, untenable and bordering on perverse appreciation of evidence - Prosecution case was fully supported by the ocular evidence of two
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Where later benches applied it
- 2021 The State of Odisha v. Banabihari Mohapatra and Anr.
- 2020 Basheera Begam v. Mohammed Ibrahim & Ors.
- 2026 State of Himachal Pradesh v. Chaman Lal
- 2024 Ballu @ Balram @ Balmukund and Another v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
- 2017 S. Subbulaxmi v. Kumarasamy & Ors.
Of those, 2 relied on · 3 referred to
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