Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1029 · Decided 11 September 2008
Bachan Singh & ANR. v. State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1029 · [2008] 13 S.C.R. 320
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1176/2004
- Decided
- 11 September 2008
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, H.S. BEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 147, 148, 149, 302, 307, 325, 27; CrPC Section 172(2); Arms Act Section 302, 25(a), 27
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 I Arms Act, 1959 - ss. 302, 302 rlw s.149, 148 and 147 Is. 27 - Prosecution under- Conviction c by trial court of nine of the thirteen accused - High Court acquitting one while upholding conviction of the rest - On Appeal, held: The prosecution witness proved that there was free resulting in deaths from both parties - Hence both the groups must share equal D responsibility for the incident - Two accused who gave fatal injuries are liable to be convicted u/s 302 /PC and s. 27 of ,.. Arms Act- Other accused are entitled to be acquitted - Benefit of acquittal will also
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