Supreme Court of India

Mubin Shaikh v. The State of Maharashtra & Anr.

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Reported as [2018] 1 S.C.R. 653
Bench S. A. Bobde and L. Nageswara Rao JJ.
Decided 8 February 2018

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Bail – Prosecution case was that the accused-appell ants tarageted the victim-deceased because he belonged t o a certain community and assaulted him with bats and sticks which resulted i n his death – Trial court rejected their bail applications – Hig h Court directed release of accused on the ground that accu sed had no personal animus against the deceased and seemed to be pr ovoked in the name of religion – High Court in impugned judgmen t noted that the fault of the deceased was only that he belonged to anoth er religion and this factor was considered in favour of the acc used – Held: Such

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