Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 125 · Decided 15 February 2011
Sheo Shankar Singh v. State of Jharkhand & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 125 · [2011] 4 S.C.R. 312
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 791/2005
- Decided
- 15 February 2011
- Bench
- V.S. SIRPURKAR, T.S. THAKUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.302 rlw s.34 - Murder - Person shot down on road, while he was riding pillion seat of C motorcycle driven by PW 16 - Appellant S allegedly drove his motorcycle to the left of PW16's motorcycle, while appellant U, riding pillion, fired gun shots at the deceased from close range were part of the coal mafia and deceased, a sitting member of the D State Legislative Assembly, incurred their wrath as he opposed their activities - Eye-witness account of PW16 and PW6 - Trial Court convicted the appellants and sentenced them to life imprisonment - High Court
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