Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 658 · Decided 9 May 2019
Shio Shankar Dubey & ORS. v. State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 658 · [2019] 7 S.C.R. 607
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1617/2019
- Decided
- 9 May 2019
- Bench
- ASHOK BHUSHAN, K.M. JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
Penal Code 1860: s. 302 - Murder - Accused persons armed with weapons killed the victim - Informant fled from the scene of incident and recorded FIR - Conviction of appellant no. 1 to 3 for the offence u/ss. 302/149/148, u/ss. 302/149/147 and u/s. 302/147 and 379 in convicting and sentencing the appellants - Prosecution case fully proved against them - Prosecution witness, who accompanied the deceased-victim gave the eyewitness account of the entire incident - Mere fact that witness was related does not lead to inference that
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