Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 258 · Decided 25 February 2009
Mani @ Udattu Man & ORS. v. State REP. BY Inspector of Police
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 258 · [2009] 2 S.C.R. 1210
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 382/2009
- Decided
- 25 February 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 - Murder - Accused forming unlawful assembly - and armed with. dangerous weapons C inflicted fatat injuries to deceased - Previous enmity between parties - Accused also threatened family members of deceased - Incident witnessed by mother of by courts below on basis of evidence of mother even though other prosecution witnesses resiled from D their statement - Justification of - Held: Justified - Evidence of mother was trustworthy, and rightly acted upon - It cannot be said that the mother falsely implicated the accused. Maxims -
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