Supreme Court of India

Subed Ali and Others v. The State of Assam

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Reported as [2020] 8 S.C.R. 731
Bench Rohinton Fali Nariman, Navin Sinha and Indira Banerjee JJ.
Decided 30 September 2020

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What the Court ordered

Resultantly, we find no reason to interfere with the conviction and sentence of the appellants.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 – s. 302/34 – The prosecution alleged that two persons were assaulted while they were returnin g from the market on bicycles along with others – One of them died on the spot and the other one died in the hospital – The a ppellants- accused were convicted u/s. 302/34 and sentenced to life imprisonment – Originally there were five named accused persons – Accused nos. 3 and 5 were acquitted on the benefi t of doubt – There is no appeal against their acquittals – Appellants contended that if two accused have been acquitted giving them benefit of doubt on basis of the same

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