Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 377 · Decided 21 April 2017
Kanakarajan @ Kanakan v. State of Kerala
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 377 · [2017] 5 S.C.R. 76
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 841/2007
- Decided
- 21 April 2017
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, PRAFULLA C. PANT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 143, 147, 148, 342, 302
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss.143, 147, 148, 342 and 302 - Murder - Infirmities in prosecution case - Benefit of reasonable doubt - Acquittal of accused - Case of prosecution was that at night, while a religious procession was going on in a Temple compound, nine accused attacked victim-deceased and when was beaten by the accused persons - On way .to hospital, victim-deceased succumbed to injuries - Out of nine accused, one accused A-2 was found hanging from a tree on the next day and D was declared dead - Trial court acquitted all accused except A-1, A-5 and convicted them ulss.143, 147, 148, 342
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