Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 875 · Decided 22 November 2006
Parme Hansda and Another v. State of Bihar(Now Jharkhand)
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 875 · [2006] SUPP. 9 S.C.R. 253
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 115/2006
- Decided
- 22 November 2006
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 342
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860; Ss. 304 and 342: Assault and murder-Father of informant caught by accused persons allegedly for committing theft-Assaulted by accused and villagers-Victim C succumbed to injuries-Trial Court found accused persons guilty of committing offences under Sections 304 and 342 JPC and and beaten up not only by accused persons but also by villagers-No eye­ witnesses to the incident-Though some of the witnesses deposed that accused D had beaten the deceased but their evidence not reliable-Hence accused entitled to benefit of doubt-Conviction and sentence of the accused
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