Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 1105 · Decided 2 September 2009
Chikkarangaiah & ORS. v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 1105 · [2009] 13 S.C.R. 1182
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 634/2002
- Decided
- 2 September 2009
- Bench
- DALVEER BHANDARI, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 149, 302; CrPC Section 378, 386; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
-+ Penal Code, 1860: c s.326 rlw s.149 - 8 persons allegedly chased and assaulted PW-6 - PW-6 was grievously injured with fractures and bed-ridden for 15 days at Hospital - Acquittal of accused by trial court- But conviction by High Court - On appeal, held: - D PW6 implicated earliest opportunity when It- he made statement to police on the very next day and - testified in Court to that effect - No reason to discard and disbelieve his evidence which was corroborated by PW2 - Common object of all accused was to cause grievous injury E to PW-6 - Conviction under s. 326
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