Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 650 · Decided 5 September 2011
Mrinal Das & ORS. v. The State of Tripura
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 650 · [2011] 14 S.C.R. 411
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1994/2009
- Decided
- 5 September 2011
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, H.L. GOKHALE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 306, 307, 308; Evidence Act Section 133
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.302 rlw s.34 - Murder - 13 accused- Prayer of A-12 for grant of 'pardon' and to treat him A . B as an 'approver' allowed by trial court - Disclosure made by C approver (A-12), who was examined as PW-6 - Trial Court convicted A-5 and A-11 u/s.302 but acquitted the remaining ten set aside acquittal of A-4, A-7, A-9 and A-1 and convicted them u/ss. 302134 and also affirmed conviction of A-5 & A-11 uls.302 - Justification D of - Held: Justified - The statement of approver (PW-6) was confidence inspiring and as rightly pointed out by the High Court, there was nothing
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