Legal Street registered trademark

Supreme Court of India

Anwar Ali and Another v. The State of Himachal Pradesh

Neutral citation
Bench Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and M. R. Shah JJ.
Decided 25 September 2020

INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.

7 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302/34, 392, 201 and 420 – Prosecution under – Circumstantial evidence – Acquittal by trial court in view of contradictions in prosecution case – High Court reversed the acquittal order holding that the contradictions were minor in nature – Appeal to Supreme Court – Held: In the case of circumstantial evidence, the circumstances, taken cumulatively, form a chain so complete that there is no escape from the conclusion that the crime was committed by the accused and none else – The contradictions, which came to be considered by trial court, cannot be said to be minor…

Authorities it was built on

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 3 relied on · 4 referred to

Sign in free to read it

  • The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
  • The ratio: what the Court held, verbatim, with the page it sits on
  • Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
  • Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
  • Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing
Sign in to read - for free

An email address, no password.