Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 809 · Decided 11 December 1997
Kotia Prakashan and ORS. v. State of Kerala
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 809 · [1997] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 408
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1947/1996
- Decided
- 11 December 1997
- Bench
- M.K. MUKHERJEE, K.T. THOMAS (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 149, 302, 307
Headnote
AND ORS. v. STATE OF KERALA DECEMBER 11, 1997 B [M.K. MUKHERJEE AND K.T. THOMAS, JJ.) Penal Code, 1860 : Sections 149, 302/ 149 and 307/ 149. Group livaby---Riotous mob swrounded house of PW-7 and attempted C to commit murder of deceased and cause injwies to others-Subsequently, mob of the unlawful assemb­ ly before commission of the offence, not liable for the offence with the aid of D S. 149 !PC--ln the circumstances of the case a conclusive inference that the five accused persons also continued to be the members of the unlawful assembly which killed the deceased,
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