Supreme Court of India

State of Haryana v. Mohd. Yunus & Ors.

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Reported as [2024] 1 S.C.R. 404
Bench M. M. Sundresh and Prashant Kumar Mishra JJ.
Decided 12 January 2024

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What the Court ordered

Accordingly, we set aside the impugned judgment of the High Court and the Trial Court convicting the appellant-Mohd.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether the High Court was justified in convicting A1 only u/s. 323 while acquitting u/s. 302/34, and convicting and sentencing A2 u/s. 302 and 323 read with s. 34; and whether in trial u/s. 302 IPC, it is safe to convict on the basis of the statement of an untrustworthy witness. Headnotes Witnesses – Evidentiary value, when witness not trustworthy: Held: For trial u/s. 302 IPC, if a witness is branded as untrustworthy having allegedly twisted the facts and made contrary statement, it is not safe to impose conviction on the basis of statement made by such witness –

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