Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 36 · Decided 16 January 2009
Raj Nath v. State of U.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 36 · [2009] 1 S.C.R. 336
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 76/2009
- Decided
- 16 January 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 147, 148, 3021149, 307, 149
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: c ss.3021149, 3071149, 147 and 148 - Accused fired at victims with gun and country made pistols - Resulting in death · of four and injuries to one witness - Conviction and sentence of life imprisonment awarded by trial court, affirmed by High D Court - Held: There is court and the High Court in placing reliance on tl]e testimony ).- . of eye-witnesses - Medical evidence and forensic report corroborating ocular testimony - s. 149 has clear application to the facts of the case - Conviction justified. E ss. 141 and 149 - 'Common object' - Connotation of-
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