Supreme Court of India · 2003-04-22
STATE OF U.P. vs BHAGWANT
- Citation / case number
- SC 1994/12440
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- STATE OF U.P.
- Respondent
- BHAGWANT
- Author
- SANTOSH HEGDE
- Bench
- N.SANTOSH HEGDE & B.P.SINGH.
Judgment text excerpt
The State of Uttar Pradesh appealed against a High Court acquittal of respondents originally convicted under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the IPC for the murder of Jagan. The case centers on a land dispute involving conflicting claims of possession between the prosecution witness (PW-1) and the accused. The Supreme Court was tasked with reviewing whether the evidence supported the conviction overturned by the High Court.