Supreme Court of India

Gajanan v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [1996] SUPP. 8 S.C.R. 935
Bench Dr. A.S. Anand and K.T. Thomas JJ.
Decided 20 November 1996

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Indian Penal Code, 1860 : S. 302134-Appellant along with another prosecuted for murder­ Trial Court acquitted them holding that witnesses claiming to be eye witnesses did not see the actual incident; their testimony does not inspire confidence and is in conflict with medical evidence; the alleged extra judicial confession was introduced by prosecution to buttress its case; the occurrence did not take place in the manner suggested by the prosecution- On appeal High Court convicted appellant u!s 302 and maintained acquittal of the co-accused-Held, High Court should not have interfered with the

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