Supreme Court of India
Harvinder Singh @ Bachhu v. The State of Himachal Pradesh
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What the Court ordered
We are of the considered view that the High Court has misconstrued the concept of reputation and blindly believed the evidence of PW1.
Judgment, page 23
From the headnote
Issue for consideration: Whether the High Court was justifi ed in setting aside the order of acquittal and convicting the appellant for murder and attempt to rape relying on the testimony of the prosecution witness despite contradictions, only because he was educated and a god fearing person. Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 302, 376, 511, 454, 380 r/w s.34 – Murder and attempt to rape – High Court convicted the appellant for murder and attempt to rape, setting aside the order of acquittal by the trial court – Correctness: Held: Trial court gave substantial reasons for arriving at its conclusion…
Authorities it was built on
- 1973 Shivaji Sahebrao Bobade & Anr v. State of Maharashtra
- 1984 Sharad Birdhi Chand Sarda v. State of Maharashtra
- 1957 Vadivelu Thevar v. The State of Madras
- 1990 Hiraji Tolaji Bagwan v. Shakuntala
- 2009 Arulvelu and Another v. State Represented by the Public Prosecutor and Another
- 1984 Rajinder Kumar Kindra v. Delhi Administration through Secretary (labour) and Ors.
- 2022 Jafarudheen & Ors. v. State of Kerala
- 2023 Narendrasinh Keshubhai Zala v. State of Gujarat
- 2014 Durga Burman (roy) v. State of Sikkim
Where later benches applied it
- 2024 Vinod Jaswantray Vyas (dead) through Lrs. v. The State of Gujarat
- 2025 Suresh Sahu v. The State of Bihar (now Jharkhand)
Of those, 1 relied on · 1 mentioned
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