Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 397 · Decided 25 March 2008
Pravin v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 397 · [2008] 5 S.C.R. 367
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 546/2008
- Decided
- 25 March 2008
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, V.S. SIRPURKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 395, 397, 450; Evidence Act Section 114; Constitution Article 136; Arms Act Section 25
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860- s.395 rlw ss.397 and 450: Oacoity - Bank dacoity in broad day-light by using fire- c arms -- Conviction of Appellant by Courts below- Justification of - Held: Justified - Witnesses were bank employees who were with the dacoits for substantial time - Dacoits had not covered their the case by PW1 and other witnesses acceptable inspite of the so- called defects shown by defence in holding investigation - D Presumption uls.114 of the Evidence Act, in view of recovery of huge sum and stolen property from possession of Appellant - Also, corroborating evidence of recovery of
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