Supreme Court of India

Bastiram v. State of Rajasthan

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Reported as [2014] 2 S.C.R. 567
Bench Ranjana Prakash Desai and Madan B. Lokur JJ.
Decided 13 February 2014

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that H 584 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2014] 2 S.C.R. A the appellants cannot take advantage of the death of Maniram or injuries caused to other members of their group in the clash.

Judgment, page 17

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: s.302 rlw s.34; s.307 rlw s.34 - Murder - Appellants armed with pistols attacked the compla(nant party resulting in death of 3 persons and injury to one - Conviction by courts below - On appeal, held: plea of appellant-BR that he was not guilty as he was not pr.esent when the incident took place and was in another city not acceptable as evidence showed that he was present when the incident occurred and as stated by the eye witnesses participated in the crime - Rf3garding other appellants, there was overwhelming evidence given by the eye witnesses about the use of firearms by

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