Supreme Court of India

Prathap & Anr. v. State of Kerala

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Reported as [2010] 10 S.C.R. 241

Bench B. Sudershan Reddy and Surinder Singh Nijjar JJ.

Decided 27 August 2010

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From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 -:- ss. 302 and 149 -' Murder - Deceased and one more attacking accused persons and co- accused - In retaliation, accused and co-accused armed with deadly weapons inflicting fatal injuries-to deceased - High Court upholding. conviction of accused u/s. 3021149 but setting aside the conviction u/s. 120- - As regard co accused, High Court upholding acquittal of four co-accused and also acquitting the other four co-accused convicted by trial court - On appeal, held: Facts and circumstances clearly prd.ve the existence of common object .of accused to eliminate the deceased -

Authorities it was built on

2007 Rakesh Kumar Jain and Anr. v. Stateof U.P. Thr. Collector and Anr. cited by 24
2002 Gangadhar Behera and Ors. v. State of Orissa cited by 21

Where later benches applied it

2012 Surajit Sarkar v. State of West Bengal relied on

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