In Brief
Prem Singh and others appealed convictions for murder and Arms Act offences. The High Court had acquitted them, finding the eyewitness accounts unreliable. The eyewitnesses claimed knife blows were inflicted first, followed by gunfire, but the prosecution's own medical expert testified the knife injuries were post-mortem. The Supreme Court dismissed both the victim's and State's appeals, holding that medical evidence cannot be discredited without declaring the doctor hostile. The fatal contradiction between eyewitness claims and expert medical findings rendered the prosecution case untrustworthy, making the acquittals proper.
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