Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 741 · Decided 26 October 2010
MOHD. Usman MOHD. Islam Shaikh & ORS. v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 741 · [2010] 13 S.C.R. 746
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1028/2006
- Decided
- 26 October 2010
- Bench
- H.S. BEDI, C.K. PRASAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302134, 34, 302, 201
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302134 - Prosecution for murder C - Strained relations between the accused persons and the deceased - No eye-witnesses - Independent witnesses and medical evidence supporting the case of the prosecution - Conviction of three accused and acquittal of one - High Court confirming the conviction - On appeal, D held: The chain of circumstances envisaged for a successful prosecution are present in the instant case - Conviction justified. Four accused persons, including the three E appellants were prosecuted ulss. 302, 201 r/w s. 34 IPC. The
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