Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 872 · Decided 7 July 2009
State of U.P. v. Sahrunissa & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 872 · [2009] 10 S.C.R. 237
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 431/2003
- Decided
- 7 July 2009
- Bench
- V.S. SIRPURKAR, RAJENDRA MAL LODHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302134, 307134, 34, 21
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302134, 307134 ands. 307 - Conviction under - Murder of two boys of tender age on c account of superstitious belief - Commission of the said act by father and his daughter - Third son barely escaping death - Wife and daughters husband also present - Conviction of all of them conviction of father and his daughter - However, .. acquittal of wife and daughters husband - Challenge to - D Held: Wife and daughters husband could not be attributed with the common intention by their mere presence - Witnesses did not attribute any overt act to them, except for one -
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