Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 652 · Decided 17 November 2004
Nirmal Singh and ANR. v. State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 652 · [2004] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 140
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 170/2004
- Decided
- 17 November 2004
- Bench
- B.P. SINGH, ARUN KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 27; Arms Act Section 302, 27
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860/Arms Act, 1959-Section 302/Section 27-Prosecution under-Death caused by gun shot by one accused at the exhortation of another accused-Two other accused accompanying-Accused exhorting also armed with firearm-Prosecution case supported by eyewitnesses and medical evidence-Some other two accused-In appeal, held : Conviction of accused who shot is justified as the· case is supported by the version of eye-witnesses and medical D evidence-Contradictions cire not significant so as to doubt the prosecution case-However, in the facts of the case, appellant exhorting is
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