Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 911 · Decided 6 August 2008
Devidas Ramsunder Shukla v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 911 · [2008] 11 S.C.R. 968
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 23/2001
- Decided
- 6 August 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 202
Headnote
968 A DEVIDAS RAMSUNDi=R SHUKLA II. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA (Criminal Appeal No. 23 of 2001) B AUGUST 6, 2008 ' [DR. ARIJIT PASAYAT AND DR. MUKUNDAKAM -1 SHARMA, JJ] Evidence: c Circumstantial evidence - HELD: Conviction can be based solely on circumstanlial evidence if all the incrimlnat- iilg ·o the accused' to be guilty of the offences - Penal Code, 1860- ss. 302 and 202. The appellant (A-2) along· with his son (A-1) and two others was prosecuted for "commission of offences pun- ~ E ishable ulss 302 and -202 IPC. The prosecution case was that during the pendency
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