Supreme Court of India

State of Maharashtra v. Ramlal Devappa Rathod and Others

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Reported as [2015] 11 S.C.R. 357
Bench Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Uday Umesh Lalit JJ.
Decided 29 September 2015

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What the Court ordered

In the result this appeal is partly allowed as against Accused Nos.A-1, A-2, A-3, A-12, A-29 and A-.

Judgment, page 33

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860- ss. 147, 148, 302, 307, 324, 326, 427, 435, 436, 452 rlw s. 149- Prosecution under- Of 34 accused-Assault by mob, causing death of one person and injuries to others (eye-witnesses)- During trial 9 of the eye­ witnesses including injured-eyewitnesses turned hostile as regards the identity of the accused persons - The sole eye- witness PW-12 supported the prosecution case - Trial court convicted the 8 respondents-accused, while acquitting the rest of the accused - High Court acquitted the respondents­ accused disbelieving the testimony of PW-12 - On appeal, held: The testimony

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Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to

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