Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 343 · Decided 20 August 2002
Nallabothu Venkaiah v. State of A.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 343 · [2002] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 606
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 517/2000
- Decided
- 20 August 2002
- Bench
- Y.K. SABHARWAL, H.K. SEMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 148, 302, 149, 34; Evidence Act
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860.'. Section 3021149: Murder~harges under SeCtion 3021149-Acquittal of s~me of ihe C accused-Number of convicted accused less than five-Conviction under Section 302 simplicitor-Permissibility of-Held, permissible, if overt act attributed to accused resulting in injury is sufficient converted into one under Section 302134 if criminal act done by accused in D furtherance of common intention is proved Criminal Trial: Testimony of interested witnesses-Reliance thereon-Held, evidence of such witnesses must be scrutinized with due care and caution in the light of E medical
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