Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 648 · Decided 8 May 1996
Major R.S. Budhwar v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 648 · [1996] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 528
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1194/1995
- Decided
- 8 May 1996
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, M.K. MUKHERJEE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 109; Evidence Act Section 133, 114
Headnote
Criminal law : Penal Code, 1860: Sections 302 and 109 r/w S.34-Murda-Abetment to commh-Ac­ complices supported charge levelled against accused-Evidence of ac­ complices corroborated by circumstantial evidence-Value of accomplices' evidence-Properly explained by Judge-Advocate to General explanation GCM found accused guilty-Held : finding of GCM not pervei~e-Case of 'sufficient evidence'-Conviction maintained-Evidence Act, 1872, Ss 133 and 114 III.(b)--Am1y Act, 1950, Ss 69 and 164(1) and (2). E Section 302---:IJeath sentence-Mitigating rircumstances-Murder of four Am1y
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