Supreme Court · 1991 INSC 195 · Decided 14 August 1991
State of Andhra Pradesh v. DR. M.V. Ramana Reddy and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1991 INSC 195 · [1991] 3 S.C.R. 600
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 7/1979
- Decided
- 14 August 1991
- Bench
- A.M. AHMADI, M.M. PUNCHHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 148, 302, 324, 120B, 149
Headnote
Indian Penal Code-Sections 148, 302 and 324-Acquittal of accused-Whether valid and proper on the evidence adduced. Delay in holding identification parade-Effect of. One Ram Sobba Reddy, an advocate, politician and a trade­ unionist, was murdered on the night between 14th and 15th April, 1975, fatal blows by lethal weapons whilst his daughter (PW 1), sleeping nearby received injuries when she attempted to go to help her father. According to the prosecution, Accused No. 1 (Respondent No. 1), was a friend and a regular visitor to the house of the deceased, till they fell out on
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