Supreme Court of India
Surajit Sarkar v. State of West Bengal
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What the Court ordered
Accordingly, we set aside the conviction of Surajit Sarkar for the offence of the murder of Gour Chandra Sarkar.
Judgment, page 25
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s. 304 (Part II) - 6 accused including appellant-accused caused death of one person - Two eye- witnesses to the incident - Trial court convicted the appellant accused u/s. 302 /PC while acquitted the rest of the accused - Order confirmed by High Court - On appeal, held: The appellant-accused is liable to be held guilty of causing death in view of the evidence of the eye-witness PW-7 - The appellant-accused cannot be absolved of his involvement in the offence only because other co-accused were acquitted - However, in view of the nature of injuries on the deceased, the
Authorities it was built on
- 2010 Sidhartha Vashisht @ Manu Sharma v. State (nct of Delhi)
- 2010 C. Muniappan & Ors. v. State of Tamil Nadu
- 2007 Deshraj v. Bodhraj
- 2002 Gangadhar Behera and Ors. v. State of Orissa
- 2002 Bodh Raj @ Bodha and Ors. v. State of Jammu and Kashmir
- 2003 Visveswaran v. State Rep. by S.D.M.
- 1978 Ganesh Bhavan Patel & Anr. v. State of Maharashtra
- 1994 Ramsinh Bavaji Jadeja v. State of Gujarat
- 2011 Sheo Shankar Singh v. State of Jharkhand & Anr.
- 1970 Tapinder Singh v. State of Punjab
- 1973 Ranbir and Ors. v. State of Punjab
- 2009 State of A.P. v. V.v.panduranga Rao
- 2003 Banti @ Guddu v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- 1997 Balo Yadav and Others v. State of Bihar
- 2002 Mundrika Mahto and Ors. v. State of Bihar
- 2012 Syed Ahmed v. State of Karnataka
- 2010 Prathap & Anr. v. State of Kerala
Where later benches applied it
- 2021 Netaji Achyut Shinde (patil) & Anr. v. The State of Maharashtra
- 2022 Manoj & Ors v. State of Madhya Pradesh
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