Supreme Court of India
Shahid Khan v. State of Rajasthan
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Penal Code. 1860: ss.1../7. 148, 3021149 and 397 - Murder - Prosecution case that accused five in number caused injuries to the victim-deceased with sword and knife -· Incident stated to have been witnessed by PW25 and his driver PW24 who had come from Kota to Jhalawar to meet the deceased - Thereafter, out of fear they hid themselves - Victim was declared brought dead - Trial court acquitted accused no. I and convicted accused no.2 to 5 - High Court affirmed the conviction of accused no.2 to 5 - On appeal, held: Presence of PW24 and PW25 at the place of occurrence appeared doubtjiil -· Their
Where later benches applied it
- 2022 Jafarudheen & Ors. v. State of Kerala
- 2025 Hakim v. State of Nct of Delhi and Anr.
- 2025 Firoz Khan Akbarkhan v. The State of Maharashtra
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to
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