Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 360 · Decided 3 September 2002
Bodh Raj @ Bodha and ORS. v. State of Jammu and Kashmir
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 360 · [2002] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 67
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 921/2000
- Decided
- 3 September 2002
- Bench
- RUMA PAL, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 1208; CrPC Section 154; Evidence Act
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860-Section 302 read with Section 120-B-A<;cused af/egedly entering into conspiracy to murder one person-Trial court relying A B on testimony of the witnesses, recovery of weapons and motive convicting C three of the accused and acquitting others-High court maintaining conviction leaving the other two accused-On appeal held in the facts and circumstances of the case order of High Court justified and no interference called for. Evidence Act, 1872: D Possibility of t11'o views on basis of evidence-View favourable lo the accused to be preferred-But when trial court fails
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