Supreme Court of India

Kanakarajan @ Kanakan v. State of Kerala

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Reported as [2017] 5 S.C.R. 76
Bench N. V. Ramana and Prafulla C. Pant JJ.
Decided 21 April 2017

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What the Court ordered

Resultantly, the impugned judgment is set aside and the appeal is allowed.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 - ss.143, 147, 148, 342 and 302 - Murder - Infirmities in prosecution case - Benefit of reasonable doubt - Acquittal of accused - Case of prosecution was that at night, while a religious procession was going on in a Temple compound, nine accused attacked victim-deceased and when PW-2 tried to intervene, he too was beaten by the accused persons - On way .to hospital, victim-deceased succumbed to injuries - Out of nine accused, one accused -2 was found hanging from a tree on the next day and was declared dead - Trial court acquitted all accused except -1, -5 and convicted them

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