Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 676 · Decided 5 May 2009
Motilal and ANR. v. State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 676 · [2009] 8 S.C.R. 303
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 117/2003
- Decided
- 5 May 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34, 149, 148, 324, 341; CrPC Section 157
Headnote
A B ..... Penal Code, 1860- s.302 rlw s.34- Murder- Conviction .+ ' of accused-appellants - Propriety of - Held: On facts, not C proper- There was discrepancy in time of lodging of FIR and conduct of the inquest - Also there was considerable delay in sending the report to llaqa Magistrate - No regard to the discrepancies - Prosecution failed to establish the accusations - Conviction accordingly set aside D - Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.157. In a case involving murder of a person, the appellants in Crl. A.No. 117 of 2003 were convicted by the Courts below uls.302 rlw s.34 IPC.
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