Supreme Court of India

Deo Narain v. State of U.P.

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Reported as [2010] 9 S.C.R. 349
Bench Harjit Singh Bedi and Chandramauli Kr. Prasad JJ.
Decided 28 July 2010

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that such injuries could not have ordinarily been caused by lathis.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: c s.3021149 - Double murder - Conviction of all the six accused by trial court - Pending appeal four of them died - High Court dismissed the appeal qua the two. surviving accused who filed SLP before Supreme Court - SLP dismissed qua one of the accused and leave granted to 0 , appellant - HELD: It is true that the factum of causing or not causing an injury would not always be relevant where the accused is sought to be roped in with the aid of s. 149 - At the same time, where the animosity between parties is admitted with a series of murders and attempts to murder inter se

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on

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