Supreme Court of India

Chandra Bihari Gautam and Ors. v. State of Bihar

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Reported as [2002] 2 S.C.R. 1164
Bench R.P. Sethi and Doraiswamy Raju JJ.
Decided 15 April 2002

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Penal Code, 1860-s.302 rlws.149-Murder-Common object-Accused persons attacked house of the informant night armed with deadly weapons c including gims and petrol bombs-Leading to killing of six persons in the family-Conviction-Courts below holding that accused persons committed offence in prosecution of common object of unlawful assembly-On appeal, held prosecution establishing the existence of common object of unlawful assembly amongst accused persons thus Section 149 applicable-However, mere fact that no overt act attributed to the accused persons does not render Section 149 inapplicable.

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