Supreme Court of India

Mani v. State of Tamil Nadu

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Reported as [2008] 1 S.C.R. 228
Bench P.P. Naolekar and V.S. Sirpurkar JJ.
Decided 8 January 2008

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Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 - Murder - Prosecution of .. two accused - Circumstantial evidence - Deceased last seen c with both the accused - Motive for murder alleged to be strained relation between the co-accused and father of the deceased - Offencf! alleged to have been committed in the house of the accused - Blood stainecl articles found in the house - Delay in lodging FIR - Recovery of clothes and weapon of offence at the behest of both the accused - · Witnesses to the recovery turning hostile - Conviction of both the accused by trial court- High Court convicting the accused,· but

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