Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Section 120B 302 r/w section 34 IPC Murder circumstantial evidence |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Allowed |
Headnote | Penal Code, 1860 — ss.120B and 302 r/w s.34 - Murder-— 14 accused—Allegations of conspiracy — Conviction of A-10 for offence u/ss.120B and 302 read with s.34 along with A-1 to A-4 - Trial Court, as well as the High Court, convicted A-10 based on circumstantial evidence — Challenge to — Held: Basic ingredients to support the theory of conspiracy were totally lacking either in the form of material evidence or otherwise — Nothing to suggest that A-10 held a conspiracy with A-1 to A-4— On the other hand, specific case of the prosecution was that at the instance of A-14, the head conspirator, A-10 executed the plan — However, since A-14 was found to have played no role in the whole case, no scope to pin down A-10 alone to the theory of conspiracy — On facts, even going by the conclusions of the trial Court and the High Court, the allegation of conspiracy levelled against A5 to A9 and A11 to A714 was ruled out— As far as A1 to A4 and A10 were concerned, no iota of evidence to link them to any act of conspiracy leave alone, the place, time and the nature of conspiracy — Once charge of conspiracy u/s.120B IPC was totally ruled out against A10, he alone could not be charged and found guilty of that charge and consequently of the charge u/s.302 read with s.34 IPC — Charge of conspiracy levelled against A-10 u/s.120B, IPC and the further charge under s.302 read with s.34, IPC not conclusively proved — Conviction and sentence imposed on A-10 accordingly set aside.Evidence — Circumstantial evidence — Principles relating to conviction to be imposed based on circumstantial evidence, extricated. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla |
Neutral Citation | 2014 INSC 1029 |
Petitioner | Balkar Singh |
Respondent | State Of Haryana |
SCR | [2014] 13 S.C.R. 1433 |
Judgement Date | 2014-11-17 |
Case Number | 606 |
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