Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 886 · Decided 30 August 2022
Dibaker Nunia & ANR. v. The State of Assam
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 886 · [2022] 6 S.C.R. 1151
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 962/2011
- Decided
- 30 August 2022
- Bench
- DINESH MAHESHWARI, BELA M. TRIVEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34; CrPC Section 313
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss.302, 34 - Eye-witnesses, when not reliable - Person brutally assaulted, received multiple injuries on vital parts, died - Appellants convicted u/s.302/34 - On appeal, held: Findings in question are based essentially on the testimony of parents of they saw their son being assaulted by two persons with weapon - PW-2 allegedly fell unconscious after seeing the blood oozing from the body of his son - Thus, it is difficult to appreciate that they would go home, take meal and go to bed without bothering about the welfare of their
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