Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 177 · Decided 19 April 2012
State of Haryana v. Shakuntla and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 177 · [2012] 5 S.C.R. 276
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 658/2008
- Decided
- 19 April 2012
- Bench
- A.K. PATNAIK, SWATANTER KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 325, 148, 149; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss.302, 325, 148 and 149 - Murder - Common object - Armed assault on PW4's parents causing c 30133 injuries on different parts of their body and consequently their death - Earlier, on one occasion accused 'M' and 'R' had beaten PW4's parents, for which they were facing criminal abused and beaten PW4 - All nine accused convicted by trial 0 court - High Court accepted the plea of alibi taken by three accused i.e. 'S', 'P' and 'Sa' and acquitted them but upheld conviction in relation to the other six accused (including 'M' and 'R') -Cross-appeals by State and the six
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