Suraj Bhan and Ors. v. State of Haryana and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Murder — common intention, Section 34 IPC — each accused need not inflict injury — injured witness and ocular testimony given primacy over medical evidence — Shyam v. State of M.P. 2009(16) SCC 531 relied on — non-blood-stained recoveries corroborative only — woman co-accused (sole role of catching hold) acquitted of S.307/34 IPC — S.25 Arms Act conviction on disclosure-statement recoveries (knife Ex.P4, scissors Ex.P3) — motive of unpaid Rs.20,000/- loan — Punjab & Haryana HC (DB), Jasjit Singh Bedi, J., 08.04.2025 — CRA-D-445-DB-2004 (O & M) — appeal dismissed, appellants to surrender.
What did the court decide?
Ocular evidence prevails over medical evidence unless the latter completely improbablizes the ocular account; here PW8-Satish Kumar (himself an injured prosecution witness) and PW9-Sanjay are clear and categoric as to how the murder took place, so the medical-ocular variance does not vitiate the prosecution case.