Supreme Court of India

Akram Khan v. State of West Bengal

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Reported as [2011] 13 S.C.R. 459
Bench P. Sathasivam and J. Chelameswar JJ.
Decided 5 December 2011

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PENAL CODE, 1860: ss. 364- and 120- - Kidnapping of a minor boy for c ransom - Conviction and sentence of imprisonment for fife awarded by trial court, affirmed by High Court - Out of three convicts, one filing the appeal - Held: From the evidence of the witnesses, it is clearly established that the accused persons, particularly, the appellant, kidnapped the minor boy 0 of the complainant, demanded ransom from him for release of the child and also threatened that if the demand was not met his son would be killed -The High Court was right in maintaining the conviction and the sentence and its

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