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Guru Dutt Pathak v. State of Uttar Pradesh

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Reported as [2021] 6 S.C.R. 573
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and M. R. Shah JJ.
Decided 6 May 2021

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Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302/34 – Four accused – Acquittal by Trial Court – During pendency of State’s appeal before Hig h Court, accused no. 1 to 3 died – Reversal of acquittal of fo urth accused by High Court – Appeal against conviction – Held: P rosecution witnesses fully supported the case of prosecution – It wa s established and proved by prosecution by leading evidence that the incident had taken place on the road near Primary Pathshala – The dead body was recovered from the road near the Pathshala and blood stained clothes were also recovered from that place – Thus prosecution proved the

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