Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 762 · Decided 8 May 2009
Javed Alam v. State of Chhattisgarh and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 762 · [2009] 8 S.C.R. 398
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1240/2006
- Decided
- 8 May 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 201, 302, 34; Evidence Act Section 6
Headnote
• .. Penal code, 1860: c ss. 302 and 302134 - Conviction under - Of four accused - Eye-witnesses to the incident - Witnesses turning hostile - conviction uls. 302 of prime accused and of co-accused u/s. 302134 by courts below - On appeal, held: conviction of prime accused justified - The to be acquitted * .. D as s.34 is not applicable in the facts of the case. s.34 - Nature and applicability of - Discussed. Administration of justice - Administration of Criminal E Justice - Protection of witnesses - Need for. Evidence Act, 1872 - s. 6 - Rule of Res Gestae - applicability of -
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