Supreme Court of India
Kailash Nath v. State of U.P.
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We are of the opinion that these observations are way beyond the record and merely because some of the accused who had not caused any B injuries to the deceased or the witnesses would not mean that they were not present and it is only as a matter of abundant caution that the benefit has been given to those accused.
Judgment, page 10
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 3021149 and 3071149 - Eight persons involved in c causing death of one of the victims and injuring the other by gunshots - Conviction by· trial court - High . Court convicting only one accused who fired the shots and acquitting others giving them.benefit of doubt- Plea that since the High Court itself had opined false implication of other persons who had 0 not caused injuries, accused should also be acquitted - HELD: Merely because some of the accused who had not caused any injuries to the deceased or the witnesses have been given benefit of doubt would not mean that
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