Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 475 · Decided 4 August 2010
Jayanta Sil v. State of Assam
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 475 · [2010] 9 S.C.R. 615
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1345/2007
- Decided
- 4 August 2010
- Bench
- H.S. BEDI, C.K. PRASAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34; CrPC
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: A B s.302 - Deceased accompanied by accused and co- c accused- Accused assaulting deceased by a sharp cutting weapon, resulting into his death - Acquittal by trial court of both - Conviction of accused by High Court - HELD: The view taken by trial court was not justified - It has evidence given by five 0 witnesses, three of them w~re virtually eye-witnesses and two of them totally independent- The prosecution evidence is further corroborated by thi£Qoctor's evidence - PW. 1 is the wife of the deceased -Adrrqttedly she had no animus against the accused and had been
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