Supreme Court of India

Mundrika Mahto and Ors. v. State of Bihar

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Reported as [2002] 3 S.C.R. 575
Bench Umesh C. Banerjee and Y.K. Sabharwal JJ.
Decided 29 April 2002

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Murder-FIR-No mention of names of some of the accused-Effect of-Held, considering the shock on the minds of eye-witnesses on whose statement FIR was recorded and when large number of accused were involved in the commission of crime, not naming of some of the accused by itself would not result in failure of prosecution. Penal Code, Ss. 302134 and 201. Evidence Act, 1872: Testimony of the eye-witnesses-Appreciation of-Held, within a short time of occurrence of crime the statement of informant naming the accused was recorded though not corroborated by the

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