Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 740 · Decided 22 August 2024
Dinesh Sahu Alias Dinnu v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 740 · [2024] 8 S.C.R. 929
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 960/2021
- Decided
- 22 August 2024
- Bench
- BELA M. TRIVEDI, SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34, 302
Headnote
Concurrent conviction of the appellant for the offence punishable under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Penal Code, 1860, if justified. Whether the prosecution was able to prove the guilt of the appellant beyond reasonable doubt. Penal Code, s.34 - Concurrent conviction under - If to be interferred with: Held: No - Evidence of witnesses cannot be totally discarded merely because they turned hostile to the case of prosecution during the course of trial - One of the panch witnesses duly supported the case of
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