Supreme Court of India

Soyebbhai Yusufbhai Bharania & Ors. v. State of Gujarat

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Reported as [2017] 2 S.C.R. 716
Bench Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Ashok Bhushan JJ.
Decided 23 March 2017

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Penal Code, 1860 - ss.302, 147, 148 r/w s.149 - Murder - . Prosecution case was that accused persons were outraged over the fact that inspite of their protest, the younger brother of the victim­ deceased married a girl hailing from their community- On the fateful night, when the victim-deceased, his wife and children were sleeping, accused persons assaulted the deceased in sleeping condition with a large knife - Victim died on the spot - Whole incident was witnessed by his wife (PW-1) - Courts below found the accused persons guilty - Whether concurrent findings of fact call for interference

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