Supreme Court of India

Santosh Devidas Behade and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2009] 4 S.C.R. 83
Bench Dr. Arijit Pasayat and Asok Kumar Ganguly JJ.
Decided 6 March 2009

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Penal Code, 1860: s.302 r!w 149- Conviction under- Upheld by High Court c - Justification of - Held: On facts, justified. ss.149 and 141 - Unlawful assembly- Common object - Determination of - Relevant considerations - Discussed. Evidence - Witness - Related witnesses - Appreciation 0 of - Held: Merely because the eye-witnesses were family members their evidence could not be per se discarded - When there is allegation of interestedness, the same has to be established - Mere statement that being relatives of the deceased they are likely to falsely implicate the accused cannot be a ground to

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