Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 1275 · Decided 23 March 2017
Soyebbhai Yusufbhai Bharania & ORS. v. State of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 1275 · [2017] 2 S.C.R. 716
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1418/2014
- Decided
- 23 March 2017
- Bench
- PINAKI CHANDRA GHOSE, ASHOK BHUSHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 147, 148, 149
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss.302, 147, 148 r/w s.149 - Murder - . Prosecution case was that accused persons were outraged over the fact that inspite of their protest, the younger brother of the victim­ deceased married a girl hailing from their community- On the fateful night, his wife and children were sleeping, accused persons assaulted the deceased in sleeping condition with a large knife - Victim died on the spot - Whole incident was witnessed by his wife (PW-1) - Courts below found the accused persons guilty - Whether concurrent findings of fact call for
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