Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 249 · Decided 13 July 1998
Brijlala PD. Sinha Etc . v. State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 249 · [1998] 3 S.C.R. 529
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 149/1998
- Decided
- 13 July 1998
- Bench
- M.K. MUKHERJEE, G.B. PATTANAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34; Evidence Act
Headnote
B Penal Code. 1860 : Sections 302/34 Circumstantial Evidence· T/iree innocent persons killed by police officials Incident tried to be shown as encounter -Case registered -On C circumstantial evidence, accused convicted under Section 302134 and sentenced to death-On appeal, conviction upheld Held : Evidence of PWs 7 and 8 was believed by the courts below -Evidence of PW 7 was corroborated by that of PW 8 The fact of the D accused leaving for the place of occurrence and returning back with dead bodies with bullet injuries clearly established-Vehicle of the deceased persom had
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