Supreme Court of India

Subash Shiv Shankar v. State of U.P.

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Reported as [1987] 2 S.C.R. 962
Bench M.M. Duti and S. Natarajan JJ.
Decided 14 April 1987
Status Distinguished

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What the Court ordered

In the result Cr!. Appeal No. 287 of 1978 will stand dismissed while 'er!. Appeal No. 288 of 1978 will stand allowed.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Indian Penal Code, 1860-Sections 34 and 302-Joint attack by accused-Some accused acquitted for want of acceptable proof of identity-Other accused cannot fscape conviction when participation in )- c attack established by prosecution. Criminal Trial-Identification Parade--Delay in holding of­ First Information Report and statements of wltnesses= .bsence of descriptive particulars of accused-Conviction-Whether vitiated, The prosecution alleged that there was a dispute between the appellant in Appeal No. 287 of 1978 and the deceased in regard to payment of repair charges for a machine part and

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 3 distinguished · 1 referred to

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