Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 738 · Decided 26 October 2010
Anjani Chaudhary v. State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 738 · [2010] 13 S.C.R. 227
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 140/2004
- Decided
- 26 October 2010
- Bench
- H.S. BEDI, C.K. PRASAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
A B Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 - Parricide - Dispute over landed property - A-1 was allegedly armed with a pistol and C a 'lathi'; A-2 with a 'farsa' and A-3 with a 'bhala' - Victim assaulted and killed on the spot - Conviction by courts below uls.302 on the basis of evidence of eye-witnesses - A-3 - Held: Since the instant matter involves close relatives belonging to farming families with deep set D animosities, some evidence beyond the ocular evidence is also required to be looked at - Medical evidence corroborated the presence of A-2 and A-3 as they were armed with a 'farsa' and a
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