Supreme Court of India

Chandubhai Malubhai Parmar and Ors. v. State of Gujarat

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Reported as [1997] 3 S.C.R. 633
Bench M.K. Mukherjee J.
Decided 4 April 1997

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Criminal Law : Penal Code, 1860: Sections 302/ 149/34/ 147/148, 3251149, 323/ 149 and 436/149. Group rivalry-Riotous mob of 100/ 150 persons attacked members of a community and caused death of 4 persons and injuries to 13 eyewit­ ness-Some members of mob ransacked houses and set them afire-Held : c Presence of Injured eyewitnesses at the scene of incident could not be doubted-Their evidence reliable-OccwTence took place during day time and the accused known to wit111::sses-Hence, there was no question of mistaken identity-Jn the cirwmstances of the case, the accused were 1ightly convicted by

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