Supreme Court of India

Sonvir @ Somvir v. The State of Nct of Delhi

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Reported as [2018] 7 S.C.R. 830

Bench Ashok Bhushan and Indu Malhotra JJ.

Decided 2 July 2018

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussion we are of the opinion that view of the Delhi High Court that evidence of fingerprints of the accused has to be discarded cannot be supported for the reasons given i n the impugned judgment of the Delhi High Court.

Judgment, page 36

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302 and 392 u/s. 34 – Prosecution of three accu sed, including appellant (accused No. 2) – For double mu rder – u/ss. 120- , 302, 392 and 397-IPC – Trial court relying o n the circumstantial evidence viz. recoveries at the behest of the accused and the report of the fingerprint expert, convicted all the accused – High Court, upheld conviction of appellant-accused No. 2 and accused No. 1 – Accused No. 3 was acquitted granting benefit of doubt – Appeal by accused No. 2 – Held: In the fact s and circumstances of the case, recoveries cannot be tak en as incriminating

Authorities it was built on

2011 Ramesh v. State of Rajasthan cited by 12
1982 V.T. Khanzode & Ors. v. Reserve Bank of India & Anr. cited by 7
1980 State of U.P. v. Ram Babu Misra cited by 5
1986 Surinder Singh v. Central Government & Ors. cited by 5
2017 Debapriya Pal v. State of West Bengal cited by 1
2009 State of M.P. v. Devendra cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2023 Santosh @ Bhure v. State (g.n.c.t.) of Delhi referred to
2022 Manoj & Ors v. State of Madhya Pradesh referred to
2019 Smt. Gargi v. State of Haryana referred to
2019 Ashish Jain v. Makrand Singh and Ors. mentioned

Of those, 3 referred to · 1 mentioned

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