Supreme Court · 1990 INSC 215 · Decided 1 August 1990
Gurja Bedia and ORS. v. State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1990 INSC 215 · [1990] 3 S.C.R. 572
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 96/1979
- Decided
- 1 August 1990
- Bench
- KULDIP SINGH, P.B. SAWANT, M. FATHIMA BEEVI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34, 302, 394
Headnote
Indian Penal Code: ss. 34, 302 & 394-/dentity of assailants- Testimony of P.W. suffering from serious infirmities casting reasonable -" doubt-Benefit of doubt to be given to accused-Appellants acquitted. c The appellants were convicted for offences nuder ss. 302, 394 and 34 IPC. They were wife, PW 14; with sharp edged weapons. He sustained fatal Injuries and died instantaneously. His wife -· ,, ' was injured. Their two sons ran to the house of uncle PW-1, at a D distance to inform him of the incident. They had not seen the assailants. By the time PW-1 reached the scene the
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