Supreme Court of India · 2017-05-02
STATE OF U.P. vs SUNIL
- Citation / case number
- SC 2009/7430
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- STATE OF U.P.
- Respondent
- SUNIL
- Author
- Pinaki Chandra Ghose
- Bench
- ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN PINAKI CHANDRA GHOSE
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision to acquit the accused under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC, emphasizing the prosecution's failure to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt. The Court reiterated that in cases based on circumstantial evidence, the chain of circumstances must be complete and unbroken. The appeal by the State of U.P. was dismissed, affirming the High Court's rejection of the capital sentence reference.