Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 118 · Decided 31 January 2022
Pappu Tiwary v. State of Jharkhand
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 118 · [2022] 8 S.C.R. 121
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1492/2021
- Decided
- 31 January 2022
- Bench
- SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, M.M. SUNDRESH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34; CrPC Section 157; Arms Act Section 27
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302/34 - Arms Act, 1959 - s.27 - Murder - Five people collectively inflicted knife injuries on the deceased after he was shot - Accused P fired at deceased and others inficted knife blows- Conviction and sentence u/s. 302/34, and P Upheld by the High Court, except for one who was a minor -In appeal before this Court by the two accused, held: As regards, accused L, on all the aspects, the accused failed to discharge the burden to establish the plea of alibi - It was not a case where opportunity was not
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