Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 605 · Decided 13 September 2010
Sangappa Sanganabasappa M. & ORS. v. State of Karnataka & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 605 · [2010] 11 S.C.R. 459
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 436/2006
- Decided
- 13 September 2010
- Bench
- B. SUDERSHAN REDDY, S.S. NIJJAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302134, 149, 34
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s. 302134 - Double murder - Seven persons prosecuted for commission of offences punishable u/s 3021149 - Acquittal by trial court - Conviction by High Court of 3 of the accused u/s 302134 - HELD: High Court is perfectly justified B c in reversing the order by trial court which 0 totally misread the evidence of eye-witnesses - Trial court committed serious error in rejecting evidence of the eye­ witnesses only on the basis that they were related to deceased - High Court rightly held that their evidence, read as a whole, ignoring minor
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