Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 1276 · Decided 3 December 2009
Bhagwati Prasad v. State of M.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 1276 · [2009] 16 S.C.R. 126
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1368/2003
- Decided
- 3 December 2009
- Bench
- R.V. RAVEENDRAN, V.S. SIRPURKAR, DEEPAK VERMA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 323
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.304 (Part II) - Conviction undElr, c based on evidence of eye-witnesses - Interference with - Held: Case not made out for interference - Attack witnessi3d by eye-witnesses in broad daylight- Injuries on eye-witnesses not explained - Minor discrepancies would not affect the Conviction upheld - Sentence of five years not harsh. D Prosecution case was that on the day of incident PW- 2, PW-3 and deceased had gone to irrigate their field frcim the canal. When they op~ned the canal for irrigation, appellant and other accused persons came there, armed E with spear and
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