Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 310 · Decided 31 July 2012
Krishnappa & ORS. v. State of Karnataka BY Babaleshwara Police Station
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 310 · [2012] 6 S.C.R. 1068
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 984/2010
- Decided
- 31 July 2012
- Bench
- H.L. DATTU, C.K. PRASAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3021149, 302, 149
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 3021149 - Murder committed by members of an unlawful assembly - Conviction by trial court of 3 accused - High Court acquitting one of them but reversing acquittal of four more accused - Held: The prosecution has clearly 0 established with and A-14 had murdered the deceased - Further, A-1, A-15, A-16 and A-21 were members of the same assembly which has caused murder of deceased - They had dragged the deceased after first assault and contributed in preventing him from escaping the assault of A 13 and A 14 - Therefore, A-1, A-15,
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