Supreme Court of India
Ashok Kumar and Ors. v. State of Tamil Nadu
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Penal Code, 1860: s.302-Deceased murdered while he was ploughing land in dispute Accused raising plea of right of private defence to the land property-Held: Not acceptable as the burden to prove that accused were in possession of land and deceased trespassed on to it, was on accused which they failed to discharge. Criminal trial: Prosecution witness related to both accused and deceased-Not shown to be otherwise inimically disposed toward accused-His evidence also corroborated by medical evidence-Held: Conviction based on his evidence cannot be said to be erroneous-Evidence. According to
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