Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 725 · Decided 14 July 2022
Shahaja @ Shahajan Ismail MOHD. Shaikh v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 725 · [2022] 12 S.C.R. 196
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 739/2017
- Decided
- 14 July 2022
- Bench
- SURYA KANT, J.B. PARDIWALA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act Section 8, 27; Constitution
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.302 - Murder - Evidence - Ocular evidence - Discovery of fact in consequence of an information received from accused - Victim-deceased and appellant were working as labourers - Prosecution case that quarrel ensued between the victim on the night of 10.12.2006, which was witnessed by PW-1 and PW-8 - Appellant assaulted victim with a hammer on his head - Victim died - Trial Court relied upon the oral testimony of the PW-1,PW-8 and the evidence of discovery of weapon i.e. hammer and convicted appellant
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