LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the High Court was correct in overturning the Trial Court’s conviction based on discrepancies in the prosecution’s evidence in an attempted murder case. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: State of Uttarakhand vs. Jairnail Singh Judgment Date: November 13, 2017 Date of the Judgment: November 13, 2017 Citation: (2017) INSC 945 Judges: R.K. […]
Date of the Judgment: May 21, 2013 Citation: (2013) INSC 378 Judges: Dr. B.S. Chauhan, J. and Dipak Misra, J. Can a conviction be upheld when some co-accused are acquitted based on the same evidence? The Supreme Court of India addressed this question in a case involving a violent land dispute. The Court upheld the
Date of the Judgment: September 18, 2008 Judges: Dr. Arijit Pasayat, J. and Harjit Singh Bedi, J. In a criminal appeal concerning an attempt to murder, the Supreme Court of India was tasked with evaluating the correctness of a Patna High Court judgment that acquitted the accused. The core issue revolved around the reliability of
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