Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 724 · Decided 17 December 2004
Pandurang Sitaram Bhagwat v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 724 · [2004] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 1046
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1513/2004
- Decided
- 17 December 2004
- Bench
- N. SANTOSH HEGDE, S.B. SINHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34, 354, 323, 504, 506; CrPC Section 397
Headnote
Penal Code, I 860; Ss. 323, 354, 504, 506 rlw Section 34 Landlord and three others allegedly assaulted tenant and outraged C the modesty of his wife-Trial Court found the landlord guilty, convicted and sentenced him but acquitted other accused persons-Affirmed by the Appellate Court and High declared hostile-Exact place of occurrence and the manner of commission of the offence materially D differ-Since Trial Court observed that most of the statements made by the prosecution witnesses as incorrect and unreliable, statements should have been examined with regard to commission of
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