Supreme Court of India
Mahendra Rai v. Mithilesh Rai and Ors.
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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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