Supreme Court of India
Lokeman Shah and Anr. Etc. Etc. v. State of West Bengal Etc. Etc.
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What the Court ordered
For the aforesaid reasons we are not persuaded to interfere with the conviction passed by the uial court and concurred by tl1e High Court, in respect of the appellant Lakeman Shah.
Judgment, page 12
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860-Sections 142: 149 & 302-Murder-Unlawful as sembly-Murder of Police personnel by accused in a communal riot-First accused sentenced to death by Trial Court-High Court upholding conviction but altered sentence to life imprisonment-Conviction on basis of confessional statemen!-Validity of-Held, confessional statement valid-Accused was mem- ber of unlawful assembly-Conviction and sentence upheld-Criminal Proce- dure Code, 1974--Section 164. Second accused sentenced to death by Trial Court and High Court Conviction on basis of evidence of eye-witness and corroboration of his
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- 2013 Lal Bahadur & Ors. v. State (nct of Delhi)
- 2011 State of Rajasthan Th. Secy.home Dept. v. Abdul Mannan & Anr.
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