Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 953 · Decided 20 August 2008
Ganesh v. State of Karnataka and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 953 · [2008] 12 S.C.R. 362
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 586/2007
- Decided
- 20 August 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 149
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: C ss.143, 147, 148, 504, 324, 307 rlw s.149 ands. 302-rl w s. 149 - Prosecution under - Of twenty five accused - Enmity between parties - Incident seen by eye-witnesses - Trial court convicting 6 accused under all the provisions except uls 302 rlw s. 149 - Rest of the accused one of the convicted accused and holding that rest of the five accused were also liable to be punished u/s 302 rlw s.149 - On appeal, held: Order of High Court is justified - Evidence of eye-witnesses is trustworthy - Acquittal of large number of accused cannot be a ground E to discard
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