Supreme Court of India

Badal Murmu and Ors. v. State of West Bengal

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Reported as [2014] 2 S.C.R. 323
Bench Ranjana Prakash Desai J.
Decided 5 February 2014

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Judgment, page 12

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Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 r/w s. 149 - Murder - Assault with lathis leading to death - Two wives of the victim-deceased present at the place of incident where the deceased was called along with PW-7 by accused-appellants, witnessed the incident - PW-7 managed to escape - Deceased was assaulted with lathis which led to his death - Conviction ul s.302 rlw s.149 by courts below - On appeal, held: The evidence of the prosecution witnesses was truthful and, therefore, rightly relied upon by courts below - However, the evidence on record showed that some of the accused had tangies (sharp cutting

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