Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 307 · Decided 3 May 2013
MD. Ishaque and Others v. State of West Bengal and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 307 · [2013] 5 S.C.R. 518
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1421/2007
- Decided
- 3 May 2013
- Bench
- K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, DIPAK MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 302
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.304 Part I - Number of persons forced out of their houses - Assaulted with various weapons C - Death of one person and serious injuries to three others (PWs 1, 2 and 4) - Conviction of accused-appellants uls.302 - Justification - Held: PWs 1 to 6 subjected to significant to discredit their evidence - Mere fact that some witnesses were interested witnesses, D not a ground to discard their evidence, when evidence taken. as a whole supported the case of the prosecution -:- PW1, PW2, PW4 sustained serious injuries, and their evidence was believed by
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