Supreme Court of India

Dilip Premnarayan Tiwari and Anr. v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2009] 16 S.C.R. 322

Bench V.S. Sirpurkar and Deepak Verma JJ.

Decided 10 December 2009

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From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: s.302- Murder- Inter-caste marriage c by sister of -1 -After seven months, -1 along with -2 and -3 entered the house of her sister's husband and assaulted him, his father and other members of family - Three died and other seriously injured - Conviction under s.302 and death sentence awarded - On appeal, held: No infirmity in the order of conviction - Injured witness was sister of deceased - She was most natural witness and had opportunity to watch the dast3rdly attack - Her evidence was wholly credible and fully \ supported by medical evidence - Conviction is confirmed -

Authorities it was built on

2009 Santosh Kumar Satishbhushan Bariyar v. State of Maharashtra cited by 54
1974 Ediga Anamma v. State of Andhra Pradesh cited by 28

Where later benches applied it

2013 State of Rajasthan v. Jamil Khan relied on
2022 Manoj & Ors v. State of Madhya Pradesh referred to
2013 Deepak Rai v. State of Bihar referred to
2012 Sangeet & Anr. v. State of Haryana referred to
2012 Mohammed Ajmal Mohammad Amir Kasab @ Abu Mujahid v. State of Maharashtra mentioned
2011 Ramesh v. State of Rajasthan mentioned

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

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