Supreme Court of India

Labha v. State of Uttranchal

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Reported as [2007] 5 S.C.R. 826
Bench S.B. Sinha J.
Decided 27 April 2007

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that even on the testimony of other witnesses the prosecutrix may be held to have proved its case.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: Sections 302-Murder-Two persons caught hold of victim, third one gave an exhortation and appellant inflicted 3 knife blows on him including one on vital part-Death of victim-Held, Courts below rightly held that death of victim was homicidal in nature and was caused by appellant-His conviction and sentence u/s 302 maintained-Trial court was right in opining that a case of common intention was not made against other accused-Their acquittal upheld. Appellant and 3 others were prosecuted for an offence punishable under Section 302/34 IPC. The prosecution case was that 'U' had

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