Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 977 · Decided 2 September 1996
Krishnan and ANR. v. State of Kerala
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 977 · [1996] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 405
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 456/1986
- Decided
- 2 September 1996
- Bench
- G.N. RAY, B.L. HANSARIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34
Headnote
Criminal Law ·: Penal Code, 186(}-Sections 34 and 302/34. Common intention-Proof of-Held: establishment of an overt act not essential-Prosecution required to establish that all concerned persons shared . .the common intention-In the circ~nstances of the case, even assuming that accused death. Criminal Trial : Identification-Known person-From close distance--In open field on cloudless stany night-Held : there was no difficulty in such identification. A B c D Tim_e of death-1ncident took place at night-Eye-witness was with E deceased throughout-Deceased did not take food in his
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