Supreme Court of India

Parvat Singh & Ors. v. State of Madhya Pradesh

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Reported as [2020] 2 S.C.R. 964
Bench Ashok Bhushan and M. R. Shah JJ.
Decided 2 March 2020

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that it is not safe to convict the appellants on the evidence of the sole witnes s of PW8.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 – s. 302 r/w s. 149 – Murder – All the accused including the appellants came to be tried by the Tri al Court for the offences u/s. 302 r/w. s. 149 of the IPC for having k illed son of the informant-PW-8 – The Trial Court convicted a ppellants- original accused nos. 2 to 5 for the offences punishable u/s. 302 r/ w. s. 149 of the IPC – The High court confirmed the convic tion of the appellants – Before the Supreme Court, the appellants contended that the High Court has not properly appreciated the fact that so far as the evidence/ deposition of PW-8 is concerned, it is full of

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