Supreme Court of India

Sadashio Mundaji Bhalerao v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2006] SUPP. 9 S.C.R. 733
Bench G.P. Mathur and A.K. Mathur JJ.
Decided 28 November 2006

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I) Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302 rlw ss. 34 and 201134-Custodial death- person involved in a dacoity case stated to have been beaten to death by police-Prosecution of I 7 police officials of the police station-Deceased last seen in their custody-Acquittal by trial court-Conviction by High Court-Held, statements of witnesses cannot be accepted on their face-Keeping in view antecedents of witnesses and the manner in which they described the beating, inference of commission of crime by police officials cannot be drawn-Dead body found could not be established as that of victim-The view taken by trial

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