Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 376 · Decided 8 July 2010
Sanatan Naskar & ANR. v. State of West Bengal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 376 · [2010] 7 S.C.R. 1023
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 686/2008
- Decided
- 8 July 2010
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, SWATANTER KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302134, 392, 411, 302, 34; CrPC Section 313; Evidence Act Section 27
Headnote
A B Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302134, 392 and 411 - Murder and robbery - Unknown miscreants ransacking house of complainant's and committing death of complainant wife - C Conviction and sentence u/ss. 302134, 392 and 411 by court below - Justification of - Held: Justified - Prosecution was able to circumstances and events - Said circumstances collectively point to the guilt of accused beyond any reasonable doubt. o Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 313 - Object and scope of - Discussed. According to the prosecution case, unknown miscreants caused death of complainant's wife. The
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