Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 357 · Decided 29 August 2002
Lakshmi and ORS. v. State of U.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 357 · [2002] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 733
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 619/2000
- Decided
- 29 August 2002
- Bench
- Y.K. SABHARWAL, H.K. SEMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3021149, 2011149, 147, 148
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860: Sections 3021149, 2011149, 147 and 148-Murder by 8 accused­ Evidence of eye witnesses-Trial court convicted 6 accused and acquitted 2 C accused-High Court convicted 4 of the 6 accused u/ss 302 and 201, convicted one of them u/s 201 and acquitted him u/s 302/149; acquitted facts and circumstances of the case all the 6 accused liable to be convicted-Acquittal of 2 of the 6 accused by High Court not D justified-Hence, judgment of High Court set aside and that of trial court 1 restored Criminal trial: Non-identification of dead body, failure to establish cause of death
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