Supreme Court of India
State of A.P. v. S. Rayappa and Ors.
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3 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.
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Penal Code, 1860---Sections 302 and 148: Murder-Evidence of P. W.2--Discarded by High Court on ground that inquest report did not disclose his name as an eyewitness--Propriety of-· Held: lmprope.·--/n view of direct evidence that P. W.2 was present at the incident spot at the time of inquest report--High Court failed to take note that in the FIR, the name of P. W.2 prominently figured as an eyewitness. Murder-Delayed reaching of FIR before !laqa Magistrate--High Court doubted p1esence vf eye-witnesses on that ground--Propriety of-Held: Not proper since evidence of eye-witness categorical with…
Where later benches applied it
- 2012 Gajoo v. State of Uttarakhand
- 2025 K.P. Tamilmaran v. The State by Deputy Superintendent of Police
- 2020 Jugut Ram v. The State of Chhattisgarh
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to
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