Supreme Court of India

Mohd. Usman Mohd. Islam Shaikh & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2010] 13 S.C.R. 746
Bench Harjit Singh Bedi and Chandramauli Kr. Prasad JJ.
Decided 26 October 2010

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Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302134 - Prosecution for murder - Strained relations between the accused persons and the deceased - No eye-witnesses - Independent witnesses and medical evidence supporting the case of the prosecution - Conviction of three accused and acquittal of one by the trial court - High Court confirming the conviction - On appeal, held: The chain of circumstances envisaged for a successful prosecution are present in the instant case - Conviction justified. Four accused persons, including the three appellants were prosecuted ulss. 302, 201 r/w s. 34 IPC. The prosecution case was

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