Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 413 · Decided 18 August 2021
Madhav v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 413 · [2021] 8 S.C.R. 451
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 852/2021
- Decided
- 18 August 2021
- Bench
- INDIRA BANERJEE, V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Leave Granted & Allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 194, 211; Constitution Article 142
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 rw s. 34 - Murder - Prosecution case that three accused, A1, A2 and A3 in furtherance of common intention, attacked, brother of A1 with weapons, resulting in his death - A2 took victim to the hospital and sent information to the police that the assault of A1, A2 and A3 u/s. 302 rw s. 34 by the courts below - Appeal by A2 and A3 before this Court - Held: Right from the beginning there was an attempt on the part of the prosecution to shield the culprits named in the first FIR, on account of political pressure, as admitted by the IO
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