Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 219 · Decided 26 March 2021
Rajendra @ Rajappa and ORS. v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 219 · [2021] 2 S.C.R. 293
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1438/2011
- Decided
- 26 March 2021
- Bench
- SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, R. SUBHASH REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 149; CrPC Section 378
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 r/w 149 - Murder pursuant to armed assault - Deceased was assaulted with axe, stick, pickaxe and stone when he was coming back from work alongwith his wife (PW1) and elder brother (PW2) - Six accused - A-1 died - Trial court acquitted reversed acquittal of A-2 to A-5 and convicted them u/s.302 r/w s.149, however, confirmed acquittal of A-6 - On appeal by A-2 to A-5 (appellants), held: Trial court erred in disbelieving the evidence of PWs-1 to 3 only on the ground that they were relatives of the deceased, forgetting
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