Supreme Court of India

Ramesh v. State of Karnataka

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Reported as [2009] 11 S.C.R. 367
Bench S.S. Sinha and Cyriac Joseph JJ.
Decided 27 July 2009

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that it is difficult to uphold the judgment A of conviction and sentence against the appellant herein.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: s.302 and s.307 - Five accused - Murder of cleaner of truck and injuries to driver - Articles in truck missing - Missing articles recovered at the instance of c accused - No test identification parade (TIP) held - Conviction under s.302 r.w. s.307, based on disclosure statement - Award of death sentence to -1 to -4 and life imprisonment to -5 - On appeal, death sentence reduced to life imprisonment - Appeal by -3 - Held: Conviction order .. against -3 set aside - He was not named in FIR - -5 was • arrested in earlier point of time - However driver was called to identify -3

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