Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 616 · Decided 29 October 2020
Chunthuram v. State of Chhattisgarh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 616 · [2020] 8 S.C.R. 1071
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1392/2011
- Decided
- 29 October 2020
- Bench
- SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, KRISHNA MURARI, HRISHIKESH ROY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302/34 - Murder - The prosecution case is that when the victim-deceased was returning from market to village, the appellant and the co-accused assaulted him with axe and stick, and the victim died on the spot - The trial Court reached a both accused accordingly - However, the High Court referred to the testimony of PW-4 who admitted that he could not recognize the second person at the spot and could identify only the appellant, based on this, the co-accused was acquitted - On appeal, held: The alleged weapons
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