Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 952 · Decided 20 August 2008
Gunnana Pentayya @ Pentadu & ORS. v. State of A.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 952 · [2008] 12 S.C.R. 342
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 292/2006
- Decided
- 20 August 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 149; CrPC Section 161
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: c s:302 r.w. s.149 - Conviction under - High Court confirmed conviction under s. 302 however held that s. 149 not attracted - On appeal, Held: No infirmity in High Court.s order - Conviction was based on evidence of wife and son of deceased - They were presence D in the house in the morning when incident took place cannot be doubted. f s. 149 - Common object - Connotation of + Common object and common intention - Distinction E between. Witness Eye-witnesses - Presence of Incident of murder took place in morning - Presence of wife/son of
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