Supreme Court of India

Sanjay Khanderao Wadane v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2017] 8 S.C.R. 537
Bench A.K. Sikri J.
Decided 3 August 2017

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussion, we do not find any infirmity in the orders passed by the High Court with regard to the conviction and sentence of the appellants-accused.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 - ss.143, 147, 148, 302 rlw s.149 and s.326 rlw. s.149 - Deceased beaten to death by appellants owing to a long standing dispute - Concurrent conviction of appellants by c Courts below - Plea of appellants that one of the prosecution witness (PW-8) stated that he ate 'Bhel' with deceased immediately before the incident however. said fact of eating 'Bhel' by deceased had not come up in his post mortem examination which casts a doubt on the narration of the whole incident by the witness, thus the same was a result of afterthought - On appeal, held: Evidence of a medical person

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