Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 829 · Decided 13 September 2023
Javed Shaukat Ali Qureshi v. State of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 829 · [2023] 12 S.C.R. 220
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1012/2022
- Decided
- 13 September 2023
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, SANJAY KAROL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 149; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
HEADNOTES Issue for consideration: Assault by mob, Seven accused were convicted, including the present appellant-accused no.6, for the off ences punishable u/s. 396 r/w. s.149, s.395 r/w. s.149, s.307 r/w. s.149, s.435 r/w. s.149 and s.201 r/w. s.149 of the IPC. Accused nos. 1, 5 and 13 were conviction of appellant-accused no.6 justifi ed; (b) Whether conviction of accused no. 2, 3, 4 was justifi ed, when role ascribed to them was that they were part of mob. Evidence - Conviction of appellant-accused no.6 based on sole testimony of PW-2 - Propriety: Held: Considering
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