Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 539 · Decided 12 August 2014
Kuratikar Sudhakar v. State of An DH Ra Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 539 · [2014] 14 S.C.R. 737
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 404/2008
- Decided
- 12 August 2014
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, S.A. BOBDE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
A B Pena/Code, 1860-s.302-Murder-Twodeceased­ Father and son hacked to death with an axe - Incident occurred at night when deceased were sleeping with their C family members - Conviction of accused-appellant - Sustainability - Held: Sustainable - Evidence against the appellant was clear and witness cannot weaken the prosecution case or cast any doubt on the depositions of the son and wife of the two· 0 deceased, who naturally woke up to the sounds of hacking by the axe and saw the accused standing between the two c-0ts of the deceased and then saw him running away- These two
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