Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 878 · Decided 7 July 2009
Abid v. State of U. P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 878 · [2009] 10 S.C.R. 322
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 785/2004
- Decided
- 7 July 2009
- Bench
- V.S. SIRPURKAR, RAJENDRA MAL LODHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 149
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.302 rlw s.149 ands. 149 - Murderous assault by accused armed with weapons - Death C of victims on the spot - Incident witnessed by close relatives of victims - Conviction u/s.3021149 and s. 149 by courts below - Interference with - Held: Not called for - Accused formed murder - They were armed with deadly weapons D and inflicted large number of injuries - Accused were aggressors - Victims were unarmed when the incident occurred - Plea of private defence not available to accused - Evidence of eye-witnesses-close relative trustworthy - Failure to assign
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