Supreme Court of India

Ankush Maruti Shinde and Others v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2019] 4 S.C.R. 709
Bench A. K. Sikri, S. Abdul Nazeer and M.R. Shah JJ.
Decided 5 March 2019

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, the criminal appeals preferred by the accused are hereby allowed, and all the accused are hereby acquitted for the offences for which they were tried.

Judgment, page 55

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: ss. 395, 302 r ead with 34, ss. 376 (2)(g), 307 r ead with s. 34, ss. 396, 397 and 398 – Dacoity with mur der and rape – Pr osecution case that commission of mur der of five persons, r obbery as well as rape of one lady – Deposition of two eye-witnesses PW1 and PW8, and identification of the accused either in the TI parade and/or befor e the cour t – On the basis ther eof, conviction of accused nos. 1 to 6 for the offences punishable u/ ss. 395, 302 r ead with 34, ss. 376 (2)(g), 307 r ead with s. 34, ss. 396, 397 and 398 – Over and above the other sentences, all accused

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