Supreme Court of India

Abid v. State of U. P.

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Reported as [2009] 10 S.C.R. 322
Bench V.S. Sirpurkar and R. M. Lodha JJ.
Decided 7 July 2009

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the trial court and the High Court did not commit any error in accepting the evidence of PW-1 and PW-2.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 - s.302 rlw s.149 ands. 149 - Murderous assault by accused armed with weapons - Death of victims on the spot - Incident witnessed by close relatives of victims - Conviction u/s.3021149 and s. 149 by courts below - Interference with - Held: Not called for - Accused formed unlawful assembly and shared common object of committing murder - They were armed with deadly weapons and inflicted large number of injuries - Accused were aggressors - Victims were unarmed when the incident occurred - Plea of private defence not available to accused - Evidence of eye-witnesses-close relative

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