Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 19 · Decided 8 January 2008
Mani v. State of Tamil Nadu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 19 · [2008] 1 S.C.R. 228
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 443/2006
- Decided
- 8 January 2008
- Bench
- P.P. NAOLEKAR, V.S. SIRPURKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 - Murder - Prosecution of .. two accused - Circumstantial evidence - Deceased last seen c with both the accused - Motive for murder alleged to be strained relation between the co-accused and father of the deceased - Offencf! alleged to have been committed in the house of house - Delay in lodging FIR - Recovery of clothes and D weapon of offence at the behest of both the accused - · Witnesses to the recovery turning hostile - Conviction of both the accused by trial court- High Court convicting the accused,· but acquitting the co-accused disbelieving
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