Supreme Court of India
Maghavendra Pratap Singh @ Pankaj Singh v. State of Chhattisgarh
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Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302 , 201, 120- – Circumstantial Evidence – Criminal Conspiracy – Businessman-victim threatened for money and shot dead by two motorcyclists – Appellant and several others chargesheeted – Trial court convicted and sentenced all the accused persons except one – However, the High Court acquitted all the accused except the appellant – On appeal, held: Prosecution case rests solely on circumstantial evidence, as none was found present at the scene of the incident – Neither of the independent witness supported the prosecution case – Veracity of the Investigating Officer’s…
Authorities it was built on
- 1996 D.K. Basu v. State of West Bengal
- 2016 Pooja Pal v. Union of India and Ors.
- 2013 Manohar Lal Sharma v. The Principal Secretary and Ors.
- 2015 Vijay Shankar v. State of Haryana
- 2011 Mohd. Imran Khan v. State (govt. of Nct of Delhi)
- 2015 Common Cause & Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1983 Bhagwant Singh v. Commissioner of Police, Delhi
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