Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 433 · Decided 10 October 2002
Gangadhar Behera and ORS. v. State of Orissa
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 433 · [2002] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 183
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1282/2001
- Decided
- 10 October 2002
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, S.B. SINHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 141, 148, 149, 302; Evidence Act
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860; Sections 141, 148, 149 and 302: Murder-Unlawful assembly-Conviciion-Jngredients of-Held. a member of the assembly if understood the object and unlawful acts ·likely to C be committed by it, then such member would be held liable as member of unlawful assembly-Proof of Act, 1872: Testimony of interested witnesses-reliance thereupon-Held, relationship does not affect credibility of the witnesses-Cou: 'to adopt a careful approach in such cases and analyze evidence to find out whether it is cogent and credible. Maxim: 'Falsus in uno-falsus in om1Jibus'-Meaning
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)