Supreme Court of India

Mahendra Rai v. Mithilesh Rai and Ors.

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Reported as [1996] SUPP. 10 S.C.R. 81
Bench M.M. Punchhi and Faizan Uddin JJ.
Decided 13 December 1996

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What the Court ordered

In the result we allow the appeals partly and set aside the judgment of the High Court so far as it relates to the acquittal of respon­ dents 1 and.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Criminal Law : Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 : Section 174. Inquest report-Eye· witnesses-Evidence of-Who were also witnesses to inquest report-Held: S.174(1) did not require mention of names of assailants in inquest report-Hence such evidence could not be rejected merely on ground of discrepancy regarding time of preparation of inquest \ report and absence of names of assailants in it. Penal Code, 1860 : Section 302. Motiv~Trifling matter (dispute over price of milk) Held : commission of offence depended on frame of mind-Trifling matter could lead to mur­ der-For there may be persons who

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