Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 216 · Decided 27 February 2007
Probodh Purkait v. State of West Bengal and Ors
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 216 · [2007] 3 S.C.R. 354
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1077/2005
- Decided
- 27 February 2007
- Bench
- B.N. AGRAWAL, P.P. NAOLEKAR, ALTAMAS KABIR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 148, 3021149, 302, 149, 323; CrPC Section 232
Headnote
Criminal Trial. c Appreciation of evidence-Unlm1ful assembly-Death of two persons on account of assault by members of unlawjid assembly-Some members of unlawjit! assembly convicted-Conviction challenged-Prosecution witnesses identi_fjJing convicted members of unlmiful assembly-Prosecution prosecution witnesses related to one of the accused persons-No reason for implicating D accused persons falsely-Conviction upheld-Indian Penal Code, 1860- Sections 148 and 3021149. The case of the prosecution was that about 400-500 persons formed an unlawful assembly armed with deadly weapons such
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