Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 803 · Decided 1 August 2007
State of Karnataka v. Madesha and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 803 · [2007] 8 S.C.R. 757
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 407/2001
- Decided
- 1 August 2007
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P.P. NAOLEKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 106, 201
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860; Sections 106 and 201: Tampering with evidence/screening the offender-Applicability of Section 201 /PC-Held: Accused persons were not the members of the lawful C assembly-As per evidence of PW 26, accused persons allegedly threw the body of the deceased to fire-Evidence of PW 26 knowledge of commission of offence to accused, Section 201 /PC not attracted . . The questions which arose for determination in this appeal were as to whether Section 201 lPC can only be applied to situations wherein an offence has taken place and the accused did some act towards screening
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