Supreme Court of India

Bikash Bora and Ors. v. The State of Assam

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Reported as [2019] 1 S.C.R. 1096
Bench A. M. Khanwilkar and K. M. Joseph JJ.
Decided 5 February 2019

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Penal Code, 1860 – s. 302 – Murder – Prosecution case that appellants caused fatal injuries to victim to which he suc cumbed – Conviction of the appellants u/ss. 302/34, and sent enced accordingly, on the basis of the circumstantial evi dence and the evidence of an eye witness – High Court upheld the order of conviction and sentence, however held that the prosecution witnes s was not an eyewitness – On appeal, held: All the ci rcumstances taken together do not clinchingly establish the com plicity of the appellants-BB, AB and HR – Mere presence at the scene o f crime, cannot be the basis to

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