Kinna @ Ved Prakash v. State of U.P.
Case brief
What is this about?
Criminal appeal against conviction for dacoity. The court found material contradictions between the two eyewitnesses, an unexplained delay of about seven hours in lodging the FIR, non-examination of material and independent witnesses, and a prior enmity between the appellant and the complainant, held the charge not proved beyond reasonable doubt, set aside the conviction and acquitted the appellan
What did the court decide?
Conviction and sentence dated 27-05-1992 set aside; appellant acquitted of the charges under Sections 395/397 IPC; surety bonds and bail bonds cancelled.