Supreme Court of India
Rakesh and Another v. State of U.P. and Another
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, no interference of this Court is called for.
Judgment, page 12
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.302 r/w s.34 – Previous enmity between the complainant party and accused – Gun shot and knife blows on the victim deceased resulting in his death – Conviction und er s.302 r/w s.34 by courts below – On appeal, held: For con victing an accused, recovery of the weapon used in commission of of fence is not a sine qua non – PW1 & PW2 were reliable and trustworthy eye- witnesses to the incident and they specifically stated that A1 fired from the gun and the deceased sustained injury – The injury by the gun was established and proved from the medical evidence and the deposition
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Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Goverdhan & Anr. v. State of Chhattisgarh
- 2026 Ghanshyam Mandal v. The State of Bihar (now Jharkhand)
Of those, 1 relied on · 1 mentioned
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