Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 79 · Decided 5 February 2014
Badal Murmu and ORS. v. State of West Bengal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 79 · [2014] 2 S.C.R. 323
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1502/2004
- Decided
- 5 February 2014
- Bench
- RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI, MADAN B. LOKUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 149
Headnote
323 BADAL MURMU AND ORS. V. STATE OF WEST BENGAL (Criminal Appeal No. 1502 of 2004) FEBRUARY 5, 2014 [RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI AND MADAN B. LOKUR, JJ.) A B Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 r/w s. 149 - Murder - Assault with lathis leading to death - Two wives of the victim-deceased C present at the place his death - Conviction ul s.302 rlw s.149 by courts below - On appeal, held: The D evidence of the prosecution witnesses was truthful and, therefore, rightly relied upon by courts below - However, the evidence on record showed that some of the accused had tangies (sharp cutting weapon) in their
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