State Of Uttar Pradesh vs Devendra Singh

The Supreme Court overturned the Allahabad High Court's acquittal of the accused under Sections 302, 376, and 201 IPC, emphasizing that the evidence of eyewitness PW-4, despite being initially doubted by the High Court, was credible and should not have been dismissed based on his age and background. The Court held that the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the body and the testimonies of PWs 2 and 3 sufficiently linked the accused to the crime, thereby reinstating the conviction and life sentence imposed by the Trial Court.