Supreme Court acquits accused in murder case due to unreliable witnesses: State of Uttar Pradesh vs. Om Pal & Ors (2018) LEGAL ISSUE: Reliability of eyewitness testimony in criminal cases. CASE TYPE: Criminal Appeal Case Name: State of Uttar Pradesh vs. Om Pal & Ors. Judgment Date: 21 March 2018 Date of the Judgment: 21 […]
Introduction Date of the Judgment: 17 September 2008 Judges: Altamas Kabir, J., Harjit Singh Bedi, J. When can a High Court reverse a trial court’s acquittal in a criminal case? The Supreme Court addressed this question in Sunil Dattatraya Vaskar & Another vs. State of Maharashtra. The case revolves around an incident of firing that
Date of the Judgment: September 11, 2008 Citation: [Not provided in the document] Judges: S.B. Sinha, J., Harjit Singh Bedi, J. Can individuals involved in a ‘free fight’, where both parties willingly engage in violence, be held equally responsible for the resulting deaths? The Supreme Court addressed this question in the case of Bachan Singh
