Supreme Court of India

Idrish Bhai Daudbhai v. State of Gujarat

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Reported as [2005] 1 S.C.R. 885
Bench P. Venkatarama Reddi J.
Decided 31 January 2005

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that it is a fit case where the benefit of doubt should be given to the Appellant herein.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Criminal Trial : Penal Code, 1860-Section 302134-Accused along with other persons c allegedly causing death of one and hurt to other-Conviction of accused under sections on basis of evidence of prosecution witnesses-High· Court upheld the order-Correctness of-Held: Accused entitled to benefit of doubt since there exist discrepancies in the statements of prosecution witnesses vis- a-vis First Information Report and Post Mortem Report-No overt act attributed to accused to hold him guilty of sharing common intention to commit the ~ offence-Even exhortation not enough to prove common

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 mentioned

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