Supreme Court of India
Raju @ Devendra Choubey v. State of Chhatisgarh
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In view of the above, Criminal Appeal No. 867 of 2013 is allowed and Criminal Appeal Nos. 822 of 2012, 589 of 2014 and Criminal Appeal arising out of SLP (Criminal) No. 3737 of 2014 are dismissed.
Judgment, page 16
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Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 rlw s. 34 - Murder with the aid of contract killers - Allegation that accused no. 1 hired contract killers accused no. 2 to 4 to kill her daughter-in-law (deceased) as she was annoyed with the deceased on account of domestic dispute - PW-21 servant aged 13 years was eye-witness - Conviction by courts below - On appeal, held: PW-21 was brought from village by accused no. 1 and o she used to take care of him, send to school anq give food and residence - No reason for him to falsely implicate accused no. 1 - The deposition of PW-21 was that accused no. 4 caught the
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