Supreme Court of India

Palani v. State of Tamil Nadu

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Reported as [2018] 13 S.C.R. 658
Bench R. Banumathi and Indira Banerjee JJ.
Decided 27 November 2018

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Penal Code, 1860 – ss.148, 435 r/w. s.149 and s.302 r/w. s.149 – Case of the prosecution that when mother and brother of ‘S’ (PW-1 and PW-2 respectively) were going in an auto, ‘ S’ along with PW-3 followed them on a motor cycle – Appellant a long with other accused persons surrounded ‘S’ – One of the accused threw a lighted match stick into the petrol tank of the bike of ‘S’ and burnt it into fire – On seeing this, PW-1, ‘S’ and PW-3 r an in various directions with PW-1 following ‘S’ – When they reached near a f ield, all the accused surrounded ‘S’ – ‘S’ was stabbed with knives and died on

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