Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 121 · Decided 8 February 2018
Mubin Shaikh v. The State of Maharashtra & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 121 · [2018] 1 S.C.R. 653
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 245/2018
- Decided
- 8 February 2018
- Bench
- S.A. BOBDE, L. NAGESWARA RAO (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
Bail - Prosecution case was that the accused-appellants tarageted the victim-deceased because he belonged to a certain community and assaulted him with bats and sticks which resulted in his death - Trial court rejected their bail applications - High Court directed release of animus against the deceased and seemed to be provoked in the name of religion - High Court in impugned judgment noted that the fault of the deceased was only that he belonged to another religion and this factor was considered in favour of the accused - Held: Such an observations
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