Supreme Court of India

Gallu Sah v. The State of Bihar

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Reported as [1959] 1 S.C.R. 861
Bench Sudhi Ranjan Das J.
Decided 20 May 1958

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Criminal Trial-Arson-Principal offender acquitted-Abettor, conviction of-,-lndian Penal Code (XLV of z86o), ss. ID7, I@8, I09 and 436. The prosecution case was that a mob of 40-50 persons including the appellant, formed an unlawful assembly with the common objects of dismantling the hut of R, of setting fire to it and committing assault, if resisted; they assaulted some persons, and the appellant ordered one Budi to set fire to the hut and Budi set fire to it with the result that it was burnt down. Twenw-two persons including the appellant and Budi, were sent up for trial. The Sessions Judge

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