Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 164 · Decided 26 February 2015
Badru Ram & ORS. v. State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 164 · [2015] 2 S.C.R. 678
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 806/2009
- Decided
- 26 February 2015
- Bench
- S. J. MUKHOPADHAYA, R.F. NARIMAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
C Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 - Prosecution under - Ten accused convicted by trial court - High Court acquitted six of the accused and convicted the appellants-accused - On appeal, held: conviction of appellants-accused was justified o - The evidence of two injured eye-witnesses is reliable - The be acquitted on parity with the six acquitted accused. Motive -Absence -Affect of- Held: Mere absence of motive E does not bring lesser charge. Dismissing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1. The two injured eye witnesses i.e. PW3 and PW4 not only corroborated their respective F accounts but were not
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