Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 862 · Decided 6 August 2019
Balwan Singh v. The State of Chhattisgarh and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 862 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 727/2015
- Decided
- 6 August 2019
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, MOHAN M. SHANTANAGOUDAR, AJAY RASTOGI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 120
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.120-B and ss.148, 302/149- Case of the prosecution that on account of previous enmity with the victim- deceased, the appellant was talking with the other accused regarding preparation to kill him - Their conversation was heard by PW-11 and PW-12 who were near the scene of the occurrence, rushed to the spot after hearing the cries of the victim, and saw all the accused assaulting him with lathis and tabbal- Accused convicted u/ss.148, 302/149 -Charges were framed u/s.120-B also but, the accused were acquitted in respect of
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