Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1159 · Decided 16 October 2008
State of M.P v. Makhan @ Madan & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1159 · [2008] 14 S.C.R. 507
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 46/2003
- Decided
- 16 October 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 148, 302
Headnote
--\ Penal Code, 1860; Ss. 148, 302 rlw s. 149: / Assault and murder by forming an unlawful assembly - c Deceased succumbed to the injuries inflicted by accused persons - F /. R . ....: Trial Court found accused persons guilty of committing offences punishable under Ss. 148 and 302 rlw s. 149 /PC undergo rigorous imprison- ment for life etc. - Acquitted by High Court by discarding tes- D timony of eye witnesses - Correctness of - Held: Correct - -~ There was discrepancy in the statement of witnesses as re- gards the place of occurrence and also the identity of accused persons - Hence, no
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