Supreme Court of India

State of Maharashtra v. Syed Umar Sayed Abbas & Ors.

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Reported as [2016] 2 S.C.R. 583
Bench Pinaki Chandra Ghose J.
Decided 12 February 2016

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We are of the considered view that the testimonies of the witnesses suffer various infirmities and contradictions and the Test Identification Parade was not conducted properly and was delayed.

Judgment, page 8

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Penal Code,,1860: ss.302 and 307 r!w s.120- - Murder - · Victim-deceased sitting in panda/ with PW-6 -Accused persons caine there and opened fire on the victim hitting bullets in his head,' chest and various parts of his body at point blank range - When PW-6 tried to run, he was also hit by one bullet - Victim was taken to hospital where he was declared dead - Conviction by trial court on the ground that it was conclusively established by TIP and eye witness testimonies that Al and Al 2 had fired on the deceased and recovery of weapon along with the ballistic report further strengthened the

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