STATE OF U.P. vs SHRI KRISHAN — Crl.A. No. 1173/1999

The Supreme Court dismissed the State of U.P.'s appeal against the High Court's acquittal of Shri Krishan in a 1979 murder case (Section 302/34 IPC). The High Court had found serious evidentiary gaps: the sole eyewitness's statement was recorded 13 days late under questionable circumstances, the FIR appeared fabricated (written in different inks), two prosecution witnesses turned hostile, and no test identification parade was conducted despite being requested. The Court upheld the acquittal, finding the High Court's reasoning reasonable and based on evidence. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.