Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 554 · Decided 25 July 2016
Dev Raj v. State of Chhattisgarh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 554 · [2016] 3 S.C.R. 323
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 423/2015
- Decided
- 25 July 2016
- Bench
- S.A. BOBDE, ASHOK BHUSHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 201; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.302 - Murder - Prosecution case that appellant and his brother assaulted the victim-deceased and ajier killing him threw his body along with motorcycle below the bridge - Trial court convicted the appellant and his brother uls.302 - High Co~rt 'upheld the conviction of the held: There was overwhelming evidence to prove that there was animosity between the deceased and the appellant over land - Eye-witnesses stated that appellant gave lathi blows to the victim-deceased - The fact of assault by the appellant was throughout maintained by the witnesses - Even
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