STATE OF HARYANA vs PARDEEP KUMAR — Crl.A. No. 354/2000

Summary: On March 8, 2006, the Supreme Court allowed the State of Haryana's appeal and reversed the High Court's acquittal of Pardeep Kumar. The respondent had been initially convicted by the trial court under Section 307 IPC for inflicting a knife injury on Surender Singh's chest and sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment, but was acquitted on appeal. The Court found the High Court erred in disbelieving eyewitness P.W.3 merely due to pending cases against him, especially when his testimony was credible and corroborated by medical evidence and victim P.W.2's consistent statements. The trial court conviction was restored; the respondent's bail bonds were cancelled and he was directed to surrender immediately to serve the remaining sentence. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.