Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 749 · Decided 26 July 2023
Suresh Thipmppa Shetty v. The State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 749 · [2023] 11 S.C.R. 1135
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1541/2010
- Decided
- 26 July 2023
- Bench
- VIKRAM NATH, AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 120B; Constitution Article 21, 14
Headnote
HEADNOTES Issue for consideration: Appellants-accused (A4 and A2) were convicted u/s.302, s.120B, IPC and sentenced accordingly. Whether High Court was justifi ed in dismissing the appeals fi led by them and upholding their conviction. Administration of Criminal Justice to the involvement of the appellants in the crime - Conviction unsustainable: Held: There is suffi cient material on record giving rise to reasonable doubt as to the involvement of the appellants in the crime - Appellants were able to poke holes in the testimonies of PW1, PW2 and PW7
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