Supreme Court of India

Manoj@ Bhau and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [1999] 2 S.C.R. 487
Bench G.B. Pattanaik and M.B. Shah JJ.
Decided 8 April 1999

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Penal Code 1860-Sections 147,148 and 302 read with Section 149- Common intention or object-Failure of the prosecution to ascribe specific role played by some of the accused persons-Effect of-Six accused persons faced trial for causing multiple injuries to the deceased with the respective weapons in their hands-No specific overt act ascribed to A2 and A3 except general version that all accused persons surrounded and assaulted the deceased-Eye witnesses assigning specific role played by the other accused persons-Held, it would be unsafe to convict A2 and A3 by taking recourse to Section 149 !PC

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