Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 453 · Decided 29 April 1997
Balo Yadav and Others v. State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 453 · [1997] 3 S.C.R. 1071
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 324/1987
- Decided
- 29 April 1997
- Bench
- G.N. RAY, K.T. THOMAS (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 149, 148
Headnote
OTHERS v. STATE OF BIHAR APRIL 29, 1997 [G.N. RAY AND K.T. THOMAS, JJ.) Indian Penal Code, 1860 : Section 302 read with Sections 148 & 149: Rioting and murder-Conviction by t1ial cowt-{}nco"oborated evidence of eye-witness not acted upon by High Cowt-Acquittal of some of the accused A and liable to be rejected-Torchlight used by eye witnesses to identify assailants not a material object of evidence and failure to seize the torchlight could not be ground for impainnent of testimony-Incised wounds 011 dead body of victim and pe1f orated vital organs D not incompatible with
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