Supreme Court of India

Munna Chanda v. State of Assam

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Reported as [2006] 2 S.C.R. 467
Bench S.B. Sinha and Dal Veer Bhandari JJ.
Decided 24 February 2006

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Penal Code, 1860-Section 302 read with 149-Altercation between two groups-Homicidal death of one person-Conviction under section 3021 149-Justification of-Held: There was no evidence to show that accused had c common object of intentional killing of the deceased and role, played by accused - I either conjointly or individually in causing the death-Nor established that ' they were members of unlawfal assembly-Thus, neither section 34 nor section 149 /PC attracted-Hence, cannot be convicted under section 3021149 !PC and are entitled to benefit of doubt. There was an altercation between two

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