Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 6 · Decided 3 January 2024
Neeraj Sharma v. State of Chhattisgarh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 6 · [2024] 1 S.C.R. 40
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1420/2019
- Decided
- 3 January 2024
- Bench
- SUDHANSHU DHULIA, SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 364, 362; CrPC Section 357(1), 357
Headnote
Conviction and sentence of the appellants, inter alia, for offence u/s.364-A, Penal Code, 1860, if justified. Penal Code, 1860 - s.364-A - Conditions to be met to make out offence u/s.364-A - Conviction of the appellants u/ ss.307/120B, 364-A Prosecution if proved its case u/s.364-A beyond reasonable doubt: Held: In the present case, the most important witness is the complainant himself-an injured witness, who was an 18 year old boy who trusted his friends (appellants), not aware that he was being taken by deceit by his friends
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