Supreme Court of India

Kattukulangara Madhavan (dead) Thr. Lrs. v. Majeed & Ors.

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Reported as [2017] 4 S.C.R. 658
Bench S.A. Bobde J.
Decided 30 March 2017

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Penal Code. 1860: s.302 rlw s.149 - Murder - Unlawful assembly - 21 accused - Death caused by stabbing on account of political rivalry - Conviction by trial court set aside by High .ourt - Appeal by complainant against acquittal - Held: PW3 who was an independent witness and was believed by both the lower courts had given a vivid description of incident - PW4 was an eye witness and was believed by trial court - High Court was not coaect in holding that the evidence of PW4 could be used only for corroboration of PW3 s evidence - PW4 categoricalZv mentioned about involvement of A3, Al4, AJ5 and

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