Supreme Court of India
Sonu Sardar v. State of Chhatisgarh
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In the result, we find no merit in these appeals and we sustain the conviction of the appellant as well as the sentence of death under Section 396, IPC, and dismiss the appeals.
Judgment, page 13
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Penal Code, 1860 - s. 396 - Conviction and sentence under - Commission of dacoity at the house of the deceased and murder of five persons including two minor children with knife, rod and axe by the appellant and four others - Appellant convicted uls. 396 and sentenced to death by the courts below - Sustainability of - Held: Prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant participated in the offence of dacoity and murder - Conviction of the appellant based not only on the oral testimony of the daughter of the deceased but also on the evidence of other prosecution witnesses,
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