Supreme Court · 1976 INSC 57 · Decided 17 March 1976
Maina Singh v. State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1976 INSC 57 · [1976] 3 S.C.R. 651
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 242/1971
- Decided
- 17 March 1976
- Bench
- R.S. SARKARIA, P.N. SHINGAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34, 326, 149; CrPC
Headnote
651 Penal Code-Murder-Co-iiccused acquitted-Appellant alone co11victed- s. 149 or s. 34-lf applicable. A B 'The appellant and 'tour others Were charged 'vith offences under S<i. 302/149 I.P.C., the appellant with having shot at the deceased and the other accused with giving blows to the under s. 302 read with s. 34, I.P.C-. The High Court dismissed the appeal of the State against acquit- C tal as also lhe appellant's appeal against conviction. In appeal to this Court, it was contended for the appellant that it was not permissible to take the view that a criminal act was
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