Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 506 · Decided 1 May 2007
Rajendra Prabhu Chikane and Anr Etc v. State of Maharashtra ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 506 · [2007] 5 S.C.R. 1075
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 708/2005
- Decided
- 1 May 2007
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302134, 302, 34
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860-ss.302134-Murder-Three accused-Allegation that they assaulted deceased with 'Sattur ', an iron instrument used for cutting sugarcane-Previous enmity between parties with regard to boundary c dispute in respect of agricultural lan~onvictions of accused no. I under s. 302 and was lodged promptly and all actions were taken soon after the incident-Jn the FIR all three accused were named as assailants-This version corroborated by testimony of PWJ as well as PW3-Further corroboration from medical evidence-Besides, weapon of offence recovered pursuant to D inte"ogation
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