Supreme Court of India

Murugesan and Ors. v. State through Inspector of Police

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Reported as [2012] 13 S.C.R. 1

Bench P. Sathasivam and Ranjan Gogoi JJ.

Decided 12 October 2012

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What the Court ordered

We hold that conviction of the E accused appellants recorded by the High Court under the different provisions of the IPC and the sentences imposed cannot be sustained.

Judgment, page 28

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 1208, 147, 148, 332 and 302 rlw. ss. 3411091149 - Prosecution under - Of 23 accused - Acquittal of all the accused by trial court - High Court convicting 19 of the accused ulss. 1208 and 302 rlw. ss. 341 149 - Some of the accused also convicted u/s. 332 rlw s. 149 - Two convicts died- On appeal by the remaining 17 convicts, held: Conviction by High Court not justified - The view taken by the trial court was a possible view, and could not have been interdicted by the High Court - The conclusions reached by High Court were of fragile nature - The evidence of the two

Authorities it was built on

2007 Chandrappa and Ors. v. State of Karnataka cited by 45
2007 State of Goa v. Sanjay Thakran and Anr. cited by 32
1998 Sambasivan and Ors. v. State of Kerala cited by 18
1970 Khedu Mohton and Ors. v. State of Bihar cited by 11
2011 State of Rajasthan Th. Secy.home Dept. v. Abdul Mannan & Anr. cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2023 Siju Kurian v. State of Karnataka relied on
2021 N. Vijayakumar v. State of Tamil Nadu relied on
2017 Khekh Ram v. State of H.P. relied on
2013 Prem Singh v. State of Haryana relied on
2021 Achhar Singh v. State of Himachal Pradesh referred to
2021 Jayamma & Anr v. State of Karnataka referred to
2021 M/s. Kalamani Tex & Anr v. P. Balasubramanian referred to
2019 Raju Ambadas Gangekar v. The State of Maharashtra referred to
2017 Ganesh Shamrao Andekar & Anr. v. State of Maharashtra referred to
2014 Satvir Singh v. State of Delhi through Cbi referred to
2013 Putchalapalli Naresh Reddy v. State of A.P. and Etc. referred to

Of those, 4 relied on · 7 referred to

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