Supreme Court of India

Mahendran v. The State of Tamil Nadu

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Reported as [2019] 4 S.C.R. 383
Bench Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hemant Gupta JJ.
Decided 21 February 2019

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Penal Code, 1860 – ss.141, 149, 302 and 326 – Statement of PW1-son-in-law of one ‘M’, that on 12.03.94 while g oing to Nangarari with his father, due to darkness they deci ded to stay at his father-in-law’s house – He stated that his father- in-law shared the dispute between him and the Caste Hindus – On 13.03.1994 at about 7.30 AM, he heard noise when he and his father-in-law came outside to see what happened – -1 to -9 were standing wi th stones and aruvals (sickles) – -1 poured the kerosene from tin c ontainer and -2 set fire to the hut of PW1’s father in law – PW1’s f ather-in- law ran

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