Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 930 · Decided 23 August 1996
Mehbub Samsuddin Malek and ORS. v. State of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 930 · [1996] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 136
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 276/1992
- Decided
- 23 August 1996
- Bench
- G.N. RAY, G.T. NANAVATI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 120, 149; CrPC Section 353; Evidence Act Section 9, 27
Headnote
SAMSUDDIN MALEK AND ORS. v. ST A'fE OF GUJARAT AUGUST 23, 1996 (G.N. RAY AND G.T. NANAVATI, J.T.) Criminal Law : Penal Code, 1860 : Sections 120-A and 120-B. Criminal conspiracy-Accused Driver stopped the bus near a mob anned with weapons-In spite of request of passengers to sta1t the bus facilitated attack 011 passengers-In the cir- D cumstances of the case, 01i agreement between accused and the said unlawful assembly was established-Hence, his conviction under s.120-B deserved to be upheld. Evidence Act, 1872 : Sections 9 and 27. E lde11tiftcati01r-Failure of witness to
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