Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1034 · Decided 15 September 2008
Maranadu and ANR. v. State BY Inspector of Police, Tamil Nadu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1034 · [2008] 13 S.C.R. 487
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 494/2001
- Decided
- 15 September 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P. SATHASIVAM, AFTAB ALAM (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 141, 147, 148, 149, 302, 3071, 307
Headnote
·Penal Code, 1860; Ss. 141, 147, 148, 149, 302 and 3071 Indian Explosive Act; S.9(b)(1)(b): c Unlawful assembly - Assault and murder - Conviction of six accused persons fo[ committing murder of deceased relying upon testimony of relative eye-witnesses - Correct- ness eyewitnesses are family mem- bers!relatives of deceased, their evidence cannot per se be D discarded, if found cogent and credible - It would be unpragmatic to ignore the evidence of such natural witnesses - On facts, in the light of evidence of witnesses and in terms of settled law/principles
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