Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 417 · Decided 1 October 2002

Nandu Rastogi @ Nandji Rastogi and ANR. v. State of Bihar

Court
Supreme Court of India
Citation
2002 INSC 417 · [2002] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 30
Case number
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1299/2001
Decided
1 October 2002
Bench
N. SANTOSH HEGDE, B.P. SINGH (2-judge bench)
Outcome
Dismissed
Case type
Criminal
Acts & sections cited
IPC Section 302, 34; Arms Act Section 27

Headnote

Penal Code, 1860: Seel-ion 302 read with Section 34-Convictio12 under-Prosecution case C suppo_rted by witnesses-No a/legation of assault against one of the accused and yet he too was convicted-Conviction of the accused-Justification of­ Held, justified as common intention of the accused to to attract the Section it is not necessC!ry that each one of the accused mus.r assault-it is enough that they shared common intention to commit the offence and in furtherance thereof each one played assigned role by doing separate acts, similar or diverse. Appellants and another accused •

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