Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 763 · Decided 19 November 2013
Sunil Mahadeo Jadhav v. The State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 763 · [2013] 16 S.C.R. 910
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1004/2007
- Decided
- 19 November 2013
- Bench
- A.K. PATNAIK, S. J. MUKHOPADHAYA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 342, 218, 193, 34, 331, 326; Evidence Act Section 106
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302, 342, 218, 193 rlw. s. 34 - C Custodial death - Prosecution of police officials - Circumstantial evidence - Acquittal by trial court - Conviction by High Court - On appeal, held: Since the arrest Panchnama and Arrest Register have been duly proved by PWs 21 and 22 to show that they o were fabricated, the accused cannot be held guilty u/ss. 218 and 193 - The accused also cannot be convicted uls. 342 -- ----- because the deceased was a co-accused in a kidnapping case - The injuries on the deceased noticed in the post mortem, which were the cause of
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