Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 358 · Decided 3 September 2002
MOHD. Khalid v. State of West Bengal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 358 · [2002] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 31
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1114/2001
- Decided
- 3 September 2002
- Bench
- B.N. KIRPAL, K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, ARIJIT PASAYAT (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 1208, 302, 307, 326, 436, 3, 3(2)(1), 3(3); Evidence Act
Headnote
Penal Code: Sections 1208, 302, 307, 326, 436/Explosive Substances Act, 1908; Sections 3 and 5: . Criminal Conspirac;~Proving of-Held, in the absence of direct evidence, the circumstances prov.ed before, during and after the occurrence of crime could be considered to decide about complicity of enough to convict A B c them under Section 1208-Proof of overt act is not necessary. D Criminal Conspiracy-Confession by co-accused-Corroboration of­ Held, when trustworthy evidence establishing all links of circumstantial evidence is available, it could be taken into consideration-,-Court
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