Supreme Court of India

State of Karnataka v. Madesha and Ors.

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Reported as [2007] 8 S.C.R. 757
Bench Dr. Arijit Pasa Y At and P.P. Naolekar JJ.
Decided 1 August 2007

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Penal Code, 1860; Sections 106 and 201: Tampering with evidence/screening the offender-Applicability of Section 201 /PC-Held: Accused persons were not the members of the lawful assembly-As per evidence of PW 26, accused persons allegedly threw the body of the deceased to fire-Evidence of PW 26 not believed by both the Courts below as not cogent and credible-In absence of evidence attributing knowledge of commission of offence to accused, Section 201 /PC not attracted . . The questions which arose for determination in this appeal were as to whether Section 201 lPC can only be applied to

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