Supreme Court of India

Gamini Bala Koteswara Rao & Ors. v. State of Ap. Thr. Secretary

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Reported as [2009] 14 S.C.R. 1
Bench Harjit Singh Bedi and Dr. B.S. Chauhan JJ.
Decided 19 August 2009

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the D evidence herein does not fall within this slippery category.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

PENAL CODE, 1860 ss.. 302 and 148 - Murder - Manda/ Parishad elections c r: - About 20 persons hurling stones and attacking one of the candidate and his nephew (PW-1) - Death of the candidate .. - Accused -1 to ·3 attributed specific roles in causing stone and knife injuries to deceased - Trial court termed eye witnesses as an interested witness and a chance witness and ' held oral testimony to be in variance with medical evidence - Acquittal of all the accused - High Court setting aside acquittal of -1 to -3 - Held: Presence of both the eye- witnesses at the scene of occurrence was

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on · 3 referred to · 1 mentioned

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