Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 167 · Decided 4 March 2014
Ashok Debbarma @ Achak Debbarma v. State of Tripura
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 167 · [2014] 4 S.C.R. 287
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 47/2013
- Decided
- 4 March 2014
- Bench
- K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, VIKRAMAJIT SEN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 326, 436, 302; CrPC Section 161, 313; Evidence Act Section 138; Constitution Article 22(1); Arms Act Section 27(3)
Headnote
PENAL CODE, 1860: ss.326, 436 and 302 rlw s.34 - Murder - 30-35 members in a group set on fire a number of houses' in a village - Shot dead 15 persons and seriously. injured 4 persons - 11 persons charge sheeted for the offences u/ss. 326, 436 and 302 r/w s. 34 - But charges framed only against 5 accused acquitted for want of evidence and two accused including appellant held guilty of charged offences - Conviction and death sentence of appellant - On appeal, held: Courts below appreciated the evidence of PWs regarding involvement of appellant in the incident, including the fact that he
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