Supreme Court of India

Madhav v. State of Madhya Pradesh

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Reported as [2021] 8 S.C.R. 451
Bench Indira Banerjee and V. Ramasubramanian JJ.
Decided 18 August 2021

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that the appea ls deserve to be allowed.

Judgment, page 18

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 rw s. 34 – Murder – Prosecut ion case that three accused, A1, A2 and A3 in furtherance o f common intention, attacked, brother of A1 with weapons, re sulting in his death – A2 took victim to the hospital and sent informa tion to the police that the assault was committed by PW 6 and 7 – Convicti on and sentence of A1, A2 and A3 u/s. 302 rw s. 34 by the courts below – Appeal by A2 and A3 before this Court – Held: Right from the beginning there was an attempt on the part of the p rosecution to shield the culprits named in the first FIR, on account of political pressure,

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