Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 947 · Decided 4 October 2016
Bhagwan Jagannath Markad & ORS. v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 947 · [2016] 5 S.C.R. 452
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1516/2011
- Decided
- 4 October 2016
- Bench
- V. GOPALA GOWDA, ADARSH KUMAR GOEL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 147, 149, 302; Evidence Act Section 3, 155, 145
Headnote
· .. ·. Penal Code, 1860: ss.147, 149, 302 rlw ss.149, 324 and 326 - Political enmity - Murder of one and injuries to six persons - Acquittal of all accused by trial court on the ground that material witnesses were related or otherwise interested; that there version initially given to police and version put forward before the court; and inconsistency in the evidence of the witnesses in the manner of assault and the weapon used - High court reversed the order of acquittal in case of appellants - On appeal. held: Trial court had adopted perverse
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