Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 401 · Decided 1 July 2013
Majendran Langeswaran v. State (Nct of Delhi) & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 401 · [2013] 10 S.C.R. 907
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1300/2009
- Decided
- 1 July 2013
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, M.Y. EQBAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
907 Penal Code, 1860 - s.302 - Murder - Incident occurred A B on a ship while it was on the high seas - Allegation that appellant-helmsman killed another helmsman with a knife - C Conviction of appellant based on circumstantial evidence - Justification - Held: On facts, not justified - There were in the prosecution version - The very fact that two blood-stained .knives were found by the prosecution proves that the prosecution failed to give sufficient D explanation as to who had assaulted the deceased by using another knife - Two other helmsmen present when appellant allegedly
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