Supreme Court of India

Brahm Swaroop & Anr. v. State of U.P.

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Reported as [2010] 15 S.C.R. 1

Decided 26 October 2010

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Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302134 and 307134 - Prosecution under - 6 accused causing death of 4 persons - Trial court convicted accused Nos. 2 and 3 u/s. 302!34_J3lld accused Nos. 1 and 4 ulss. 302134 and 307134 -Accused Nos. 5 and 6 acquitted of all the charges i.e. uls. 148, 302, 149, 307, 396, 424 /PC and s. 25 of Arms Act - High Court confirming the conviction order and setting aside the acquittal order, convicted accused Nos. 5 and 6 u/ss. 302134 and 307134 and o upheld the acquittal uls. 25 of Arms Act - On appeal, held: In view of the trustworthy evidence of the injured eye-witness and

Authorities it was built on

1964 Masalti v. State of U. P cited by 86
1991 Khujji@surendra Tiwari v. The State of Madhya Pradesh cited by 16
2006 Rotash v. State of Rajasthan cited by 10
2010 Ram Singh @ Chhaju v. State of H.P. cited by 3
2009 State of Kerala v. Anilachandran @ Madhu and Ors. cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2022 Chotkau v. State of Uttar Pradesh relied on
2019 Rohtas & Anr. v. The State of Haryana relied on
2015 State of Rajasthan v. Daud Khan relied on
2011 State of U. P. v. Mohd.. Iqram & Anr. relied on
2011 A Shankar v. State of Karnataka relied on
2017 State of U.P. v. Ram Kumar & Ors. referred to
2017 Anjan Kumar Sarma & Ors. v. State of Assam referred to
2015 K.A. Kotrappa Reddy and Anr. v. Rayara Manjunatha Reddy@n.r. Manjunatha & Ors. referred to
2013 Swarn Kaur v. Gurmukh Singh and Ors. referred to
2012 Jeewan & Ors. v. State of Uttarakhand referred to
2011 Bhajan Singh @ Harbhajan Singh & Ors. v. State of Haryana referred to

Of those, 5 relied on · 6 referred to

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