Supreme Court of India

State Rep. by Inspector of Police v. Saravanan & Anr.

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Reported as [2008] 14 S.C.R. 405

Decided 14 October 2008

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid findings, G the Division Bench has set aside the order of conviction passed by the trial court.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Penal Cod, 1860 - s. 304 .(Part II) - Assault by two ac- cused - resulting in death of one and injuries to eye-witnesses c - Eye-witnesses related to the deceased - Conviction by trial court of accused No. 1 ulss. 302, 307, 427 and 448 /PC - Accused No. 2 convicted u/ss. 302134, 307134, 323, 324, 427 and 448 /PC -Acquittal of both the accused of all the charges by High court - On appeal, held: Prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt that the accused assaulted the eye- ~ witnesses and the deceased- Minor discrepancies in the state- ment of the witnesses and the fact that witnesses

Authorities it was built on

1964 Masalti v. State of U. P cited by 86

Where later benches applied it

2013 Madhu @ Madhuranatha & Anr. v. State of Karnataka relied on
2013 Harivadan Babubhai Patel v. State of Gujarat relied on
2012 Pudhu Raja & Anr. v. State, Rep. by Inspector of Police relied on
2012 Ravi Kapur v. State of Rajasthan relied on
2012 Jagroop Singh v. State of Punjab relied on
2011 Nand Kishore v. State of Madhya Pradesh relied on
2011 A Shankar v. State of Karnataka relied on
2017 Mukesh & Anr. v. State for Nct of Delhi & Ors. referred to
2013 Rohtash Kumar v. State of Haryana referred to
2013 Kusti Mallaiah v. The State of Andhra Pradesh referred to

Of those, 7 relied on · 3 referred to

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