Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 300 · Decided 16 March 2007
Mummidi Hemadri and ORS. v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 300 · [2007] 4 S.C.R. 30
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 359/2007
- Decided
- 16 March 2007
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, LOKESHWAR SINGH PANTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304Pa, 149, 141
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860-s.304Part11 rlw. s.149 & s.302 r/w. s.149-Death caused by stabbing with knives-Six accused-Conviction of Appellants (A- C 2, A-3 and A-6) by Courts below under s.302 rlw. s.149-0n appeal, held: Discrepancy in evidence as to whether Appellants were armed-However, they 149 rightly applied by Courts below-However conviction altered to one uls.304 Part 11 rlw s.149. D Penal Code, 1860-ss.149 & 141-'Common object' and 'com.man intention'-Distinction between. Words and Phrases-'object' and 'common'-Meaning of-Jn the context of s. 149 !PC-Discussed. E According
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