Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 937 · Decided 13 August 2008
Arjun Mahto v. State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 937 · [2008] 12 S.C.R. 94
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 753/2001
- Decided
- 13 August 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 396, 395
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: c s. 395 - Dacoity - Large number of persons entered the premises and attacked the residents with lathi, gun and pharsa - Thereafter looted the househol~ properties - Conviction of five accused persons under s.395 - Challenge against, on D ground that witnesses were related to sentence be reduced considering long passage of time - Held: Evidence of injured witnesses and ,,._ other eye-witnesses support the prosecution case - No infir- mity in order of conviction - Further, in case of dacoity, le- E niency in sentence would not only be undesirable but also would be
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