Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 158 · Decided 16 February 2018
Shajahan v. State REP. BY Inspector of Police
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 158 · [2018] 2 S.C.R. 661
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 697/2012
- Decided
- 16 February 2018
- Bench
- RANJAN GOGOI, R. BANUMATHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 396, 302, 457, 380
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.396 r/w s.34 - Dacoity with murder - Five accused - Dacoity in shop of PW1 - Deceased was sleeping inside the shop - A2 held the legs of deceased, while A4 sat on his chest and strangled him to death - Trial court convicted all the imprisonment for ten years - High Court while affirming the conviction, enhanced the sentence of imprisonment from ten years to imprisonment for life - Held: In course of commission of dacoity, if a dacoit commits murder, all his companions who are conjointly committing dacoity, are
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