Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 530 · Decided 22 November 2012
Busi Koteswara Rao & ORS. v. State of A.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 530 · [2012] 9 S.C.R. 1046
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 454/2009
- Decided
- 22 November 2012
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, RANJAN GOGOI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 148, 3(1)(v), 3(1)(x), 3(2)(v), 3(2)(iv), 149, 436; SC/ST Act Section 3(1)(v), 3(1)(x), 3(2)(v), 3(2)(iv)
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s. 148 and s. 436 rlw s. 149- Arson and violence between two rival groups of the same village - C Conviction of accused-appellants - Justification - Held: Justified - At least two PWs spoke about the involvement and the role played by the appellants - It is clear from the came in a mob and set ablaze around 50 dwelling houses and reduced o them into ashes and the same were identified and the involvement of the appellants was established beyond reasonable doubt. Sentence I Sentencing - Reduction of sentence - E Conviction u/s.436 and sentence of 7 years by
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