Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 201 · Decided 15 April 2002
Chandra Bihari Gautam and ORS. v. State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 201 · [2002] 2 S.C.R. 1164
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1161/1999
- Decided
- 15 April 2002
- Bench
- R.P. SETHI, DORAISWAMY RAJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 149; Evidence Act; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860-s.302 rlws.149-Murder-Common object-Accused persons attacked house of the informant night armed with deadly weapons c including gims and petrol bombs-Leading to killing of six persons in the family-Conviction-Courts below holding that accused persons committed offence in of common object of unlawful assembly amongst accused persons thus Section 149 applicable-However, mere fact that no overt act attributed to the accused persons does not render D Section 149 inapplicable. Evidence Act, 1872~ Testimony of related witnesses-Reliance on-Held, such testimony is
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