Supreme Court of India

Baskar @ Kannan v. State of Tamil Nadu

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Reported as [2009] 1 S.C.R. 400
Bench Dr. Arijit Pasayat and Dr. Mukundakam Sharma JJ.
Decided 20 January 2009

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PENAL CODE, 1860: c Sections 302, 304 Part II - Murder - Appellant-accused convicted under s.302 by Trial Court while convicting other accused under s.304 Part II - Upheld by High Court - On appeal, Held: Trial Court and High Court rightly found the appellant guilty relying on the evidence of witnesses related to the deceased - Reasoning given therefore does not suffer from any infirmity. Appellant-accused was convicted u/s 302 IPC and the other accused uls 304 Part II IPC by the Trial Court. The conviction of the appellant was upheld by the High Court. Hence the appeal. Dismissing the

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