Supreme Court of India

State of M.P. v. Ashok & Others Etc.

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Reported as [2015] 7 S.C.R. 1073
Bench Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Uday Umesh Lalit JJ.
Decided 1 July 2015

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Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 rlw s. 149 - Murder - Prosecution case that the victim-deceased was caught by the accused and petrol poured over him and lit fire - Deceased ran from the spot- Respondents surrounded him and attacked him with sword and burning tyre - Trial court convicted all the accused - High Court granted benefit of 0 doubt to the respondents on the premise that they had reached the spot after the commission of offence and as such the charge of formation of unlawful assembly by them was not established -Appeal against acquittal of respondents - Held: Role cf respondents in the

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