Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 639 · Decided 29 April 2009
Tipparam Prabhakar v. The State of Andhra Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 639 · [2009] 7 S.C.R. 142
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 868/2009
- Decided
- 29 April 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34
Headnote
142 A TIPPARAM PRABHAKAR v THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH Criminal Appeal No. 868 of 2009 B APRIL 29, 2009 (DR. ARIJIT PASAYAT AND ASOK KUMAR GANGULY, JJ.) r PENAL CODE, 1860: c s.302 - Murder - Conviction based on circumstantial evidence of accused last seen with deceased - Held: There being cannot be a determinative factor to find him guilty- Accused acquitted - Circumstantial evidence. The appellant and two others were prosecuted for commission of the offence punishable uls 302 rlw s.34 IPC. The prosecution case was that on 20.3.2003 at about , ' ~ E 7.00 p,m. the appellant
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