Supreme Court · 1976 INSC 86 · Decided 26 March 1976
State of Andhra Pradesh v. K. Venkata Reddy & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1976 INSC 86 · [1976] 3 S.C.R. 929
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 155/1971
- Decided
- 26 March 1976
- Bench
- R.S. SARKARIA, P.N. SHINGAL (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34, 149; CrPC Section 107, 151, 161; Evidence Act
Headnote
929 . Evidence Act (l of 1872), s. 9-ldentification of accused a: test identifica- tion parad(;:-Use of. ' h Indian Penal Code (Act 45 of 1860), ss. 34 and 302-Conviction under w en named co-accused are acqulfted-When permissible. ' Whe1~ the bus in which the deceased and P.Ws. 1 to 3 were sur­ roun~ed. the bus, ~orced all the passengers out of the bus except the deceased, and znfiicted multiple st!lbs on the deceased causing his death. Thirteen persons were charged with offences under s. 302, 34 and 149 I.P.C. The trial cc;>u-!1 convicted ~ome and acquitted the others.
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