Supreme Court of India

Sunil Balkrishna Bhoir v. The State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2007] 6 S.C.R. 669
Decided 15 May 2007

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that no case had been made out as against the appellants to arrive at a conclusion that they are guilty of commission of an offence under Section 302/.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: s.3021149-Common object-Vital injury caused to deceased by accused no.2, while other injuries found on his person only by blows-No specific overt act attributed to appellant-Appellants were not armed-Witnesses did not identify them in Test Identification parade-Hence, appellants did not form common object to cause death of deceased Prosecution case was that on the fateful day at 7.30 P.M. deceased and his friend PW-1 were standing in front of deceased's house. All the accused persons came there. Accused no. 1 started quarreling with deceased over a gold pendant At that the

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