Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 285 · Decided 6 May 2021
Guru Dutt Pathak v. State of Uttar Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 285 · [2021] 6 S.C.R. 573
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 502/2015
- Decided
- 6 May 2021
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, M.R. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302/34 - Four accused - Acquittal by Trial Court - During pendency of State's appeal before High Court, accused no. 1 to 3 died - Reversal of acquittal of fourth accused by High Court - Appeal against conviction - Held: Prosecution established and proved by prosecution by leading evidence that the incident had taken place on the road near Primary Pathshala - The dead body was recovered from the road near the Pathshala and blood stained clothes were also recovered from that place - Thus prosecution proved the
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