Supreme Court of India
Kathi Bharat Vajsur & Anr. v. State of Gujarat
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that Trial Court had erred in holding that the prosecution had not been able to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt.
Judgment, page 15
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 rlw s. 34 - Armed assault - Gunshots - Blow on head with axe - Death of one person and serious injury to PW6 - Acquittal of all three accused by trial court - Death of 1 during pendency of appeal - A2 and A3 convicted by High Court u/s.302 rlw s.34 and sentenced to life imprisonment - Justification - Held: From the evidence of PW5, PW6, PW7, PWB, PW12 and PW16, it is clear that A1, A2 and A3 were present at the place of the incident and were carrying tamanchas (country pistols) and axe; that there was altercation between the accused persons and PW5, PW6 and the
Authorities it was built on
- 2010 Dr. Sunil Kumar Sambhudayal Gupta and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra
- 1999 Leela Ram (d) through Duli Chand v. State of Haryana and Anr.
- 1988 State of U.P. v. Krishna Gopal & Anr.
- 1989 Gurbachan Singh v. Satpal Singh & Ors.
- 2009 Mahendra Pratap Singh v. State of U.P.
- 2002 Dwarka Das and Ors. v. State of Haryana
Where later benches applied it
- 2018 Latesh @ Dadu Baburao Karlekar v. The State of Maharashtra
- 2022 Karan Singh v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors
- 2017 Mukesh & Anr. v. State for Nct of Delhi & Ors.
Of those, 1 referred to · 2 mentioned
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