Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 877 · Decided 13 August 1996
Gola Pullanna and ANR. v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 877 · [1996] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 603
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 120/1984
- Decided
- 13 August 1996
- Bench
- G.N. RAY, G.T. NANAVATI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 148, 302, 34, 149; Evidence Act
Headnote
Indian Penal Code, 1860: Sections 148 and 302 r/w 149-12 accused t1ieli---Accused Nos. 2 died dwing trial Accused No. 5, 3, 5, 7 and 12 acquitted and Accused Nos. J, 4 6 and 8 to 11 convicted by trial court-All 7 accused A B . challenged their conviction-Accused No. 1 died 'dwing the pendency of Nos. 4.5, 8 and ](}-Whether the conviction of accused Nos. 9 and 11 can be upheld under Sections 148 and 302 read with 149----Held: Yes, the High Cowt recorded a categorical finding that Accused Nos. 5 and 7 were wrongly acquitted-Therefore, even after the acquittal of Accused Nos. D 4, 6, 8 and
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