Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 762 · Decided 18 July 2007
State of Maharashtra v. Raju Bhaskar Potphode
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 762 · [2007] 8 S.C.R. 396
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 339/2002
- Decided
- 18 July 2007
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P.P. NAOLEKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
OF MAHARASHTRA 1-• v. RAJU BHASKAR POTPHODE JULY 18, 2007 B [DR. ARIJIT PASA YAT AND P.P. NAOLEKAR, Jl] t Penal Code, 1860; s. 302: " c Murder-Accused allegedly committed murder ·of the deceased in the presehce of prosecution witnesses, close relatives of the deceased-FIR_:_ High Court acquitted him-On appeal, Held: Injured was not taken to Hospital by PW2 D but by others-PW2 did not inform the police about the incident but left for his home-High Court rightly observed such conduct on the part of PW2 ~ quite unnatural-Though Investigating Officer claiming to have
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