Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1441 · Decided 16 December 2008
Yankappa and ORS. v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1441 · [2008] 17 S.C.R. 623
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 68/2002
- Decided
- 16 December 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 149
Headnote
Penal Code, 1B60- ss.302 r/w s.149 and s.304 (Part I) rlw s. 149 - Conviction under - Land dispute between parties c - Armed accused assaulting the deceased in broad ,day light - Serious injuries inflicted resulting in his death - Conviction of A 1 uls.302 rlw s.149 - A2 to A6 convicted uls.304 - Acquittal of others - High Court upholding conviction of A 1 and also convicted A2 - AB uls. 302 rlw s. 149 D - Acquittal of other accused upheld - On appeal, held: Evidence of prosecution witnesses relate only to A 1 - A6 and ~ do not ascribe any role to A 7 - AB - Thus, conviction of A 1 - A6
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