Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 262 · Decided 27 April 2000
Malempati Patiabi Narendra Etc v. Ghatiamaneni Maruthi Prasad and ORS. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 262 · [2000] 3 S.C.R. 720
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 445/1998
- Decided
- 27 April 2000
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, D.P. MOHAPATRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 302134, 326, 149; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 : Section 302 read with Section 149-Murder-Testimony of witnesses- c Conviction and sentence-On appeal, Held, pmsecution has failed to estab- Lish the guilt of the accused-On re-appreciation of evidence, testimony of prosecution witnesses not found reliable-Conviction and grievous inju- ries-Conviction under S. 326-Validity of-Held, assailants cannot escape ..... D fmm conviction under S. 302 atleast with the help of Section 34 if not with Section 149-High Cowt committed serious error by convicting the accused only under S. 326. Constitution of India, 1950 :
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