Supreme Court of India

Pradeep Kumar v. State of Haryana

Neutral citation
Reported as [2024] 1 S.C.R. 306
Bench B. R. Gavai and Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha JJ.
Decided 5 January 2024

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that it is not necessary to examine those aspects in detail.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration In a case based only on circumstantial evidence, conviction of the appellant u/s.302 read with s.34, Penal Code, 1860 for murder and sentence to rigorous imprisonment for life, if justified. Headnotes Evidence – Circumstantial evidence – Case of the prosecution based only on circumstantial evidence – Conviction of the appellant u/s.302 read with s.34, IPC – Propriety: Held: Versions of the three witnesses (PW-10, PW-11 and 12) are improbable and contradictory – The weapons recovered by the IO and the ones seen by the witnesses are only sticks – However, the deceased

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Of those, 2 referred to

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