Supreme Court of India

The State of Uttar Pradesh v. Raja Etc.

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Reported as [2018] 11 S.C.R. 23
Bench R. Banumathi and Vineet Saran JJ.
Decided 30 August 2018

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, it cannot be said that the view taken by the High Court suffers from any serious and subs tantial error warranting interference by this Court.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 r/w s.34 – Gun shot – Murder of victim-deceased and injuries to his brother – Convi ction by trial court on evidence of eye-witness who was victim’s lawyer- brother- PW1 – High Court set aside conviction doubting the presence of PW1 at the time and place of occurrence – State’s appe al against acquittal – Held: PW-1 being a lawyer having good pr actice and also a member of the Nagar Palika giving audience to the publ ic in the morning, the High Court rightly doubted his pre sence at the place of occurrence at 9.30 a.m. on the day of inci dent – High Court also doubted

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