Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 79 · Decided 16 February 2000
Mahmood and ORS. v. The State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 79 · [2000] 1 S.C.R. 898
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 659/1993
- Decided
- 16 February 2000
- Bench
- G.T. NANAVATI, Y.K. SABHARWAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 396, 412
Headnote
Indian Penal Code, 1860-Sections 396 and 412--') Persons accused for committing dacoity-Trial Court acquitted 4 accwed as testimony of eye witnesses found unreliable and untrnstworthy--{Jpheld by the High Court-On C appeal by 3 of the S convicted persons Held, Tnal Court rightly noticed pos­ conviction set aside. A dacoity w-c1s committed in the house of the informant, P.W. 4 who escaped and was the occurrence from the house of P.W. 3 in the neighbour­ D hood. P.W. 1 and P.W. 2 are his brothers who also witnessed the incident along with P.W. 5 and other villagers. 9 persons
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