Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1154 · Decided 15 October 2008
Mukul Mahto and ORS. v. State of Jharkhand and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1154 · [2008] 14 S.C.R. 480
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 862/2001
- Decided
- 15 October 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 326, 34, 324
Headnote
·>---- Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 326 rlw S; 34 - Accused assault- w c ing deceased with lathi and axe resulting in his death - Eye- witnesses also injured - Acquittal by trial court since accusa- tion not established - However, conviction uls. 326 rlw s. 34 by High Court considering and the sur- rounding factors - Interference with - Held: Not called for - D High Court held that the evidence of prosecution witnesses regarding the presence and participation of accused in the occurrence was reliable and truthful - Victims of assault would ( -r- not normally spare the real
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