IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. OF 2026 (arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 15936/2025)
HOSHIARA APPELLANT(S) VERSUS
STATE OF HARYANA RESPONDENT(S)
O R D E R
Leave granted.
The conviction of the appellant,
Hoshiara, vide judgment dated 05.08.2013
passed by the Additional Sessions Judge,
Kaithal, Haryana, for offences punishable
under Sections 376D and 506 of the Indian
Penal Code, 1860 read with Section 34
thereof, stood confirmed by the High Court
of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh, vide
judgment dated 24.05.2019 passed in CRA-D-
1243-DB-2013. Pursuant to the aforestated
judgments, the appellant, Hoshiara, was
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sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life
along with payment of fine, coupled with
default sentences. Aggrieved thereby, he
is before this Court.
During the pendency of this matter,
this Court took note of the depositions of
the victim (PW-9) and her brother (PW-10),
to the effect that the appellant,
Hoshiara, was not the culprit and granted
him interim bail on 10.11.2025, pending
final consideration of this matter.
Having perused the depositions of the
victim (PW-9) and her brother (PW-10) once
again and upon analyzing the judgment of
the trial court as well as the judgment of
the High Court in appeal, we find that a
clear contradiction is established between
the statement made by the victim (PW-9) in
her examination-in-...