Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 190 · Decided 28 February 2017
Rajagopal v. Muthupandi @ Thavakkalai & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 190 · [2017] 2 S.C.R. 84
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1582/2013
- Decided
- 28 February 2017
- Bench
- R.F. NARIMAN, MOHAN M. SHANTANAGOUDAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 307
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s. 307 r!w ss.149 and 148 - Prosecution under - Attack with deadly weapons - By five accused - Causing 12 grave injuries - Corroborated by medical evidence - Injured eye-witness in his complaint as well as evidence stated the details as to role of each of all the accused - Conviction by trial court - Acquittal by High Court - On appeal, held: The direct evidence of injured eye-witness is not doubtful - High Court, without discrediting such witness, could not have acquitted the accused persons - Therefore, the view taken by High Court cannot
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