Supreme Court of India

Badru Ram & Ors. v. State of Rajasthan

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Reported as [2015] 2 S.C.R. 678
Bench Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya and A B R.F. Nariman JJ.
Decided 26 February 2015

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Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 - Prosecution under - Ten accused convicted by trial court - High Court acquitted six of the accused and convicted the appellants-accused - On appeal, held: conviction of appellants-accused was justified o - The evidence of two injured eye-witnesses is reliable - The accused also cannot be acquitted on parity with the six acquitted accused. Motive -Absence -Affect of- Held: Mere absence of motive does not bring lesser charge. Dismissing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1. The two injured eye witnesses i.e. PW3 and PW4 not only corroborated their respective accounts but

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