Supreme Court of India
Sadakat Kotwar and Anr. v. The State of Jharkhand
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In view of the above and for the reasons stated hereinabove, the present appeal fails and the same deserves to be dism issed and is accordingly dismissed.
Judgment, page 5
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Penal Code, 1860: s.307 r/w s.34 – Grievous injuries on vit al parts of the body – Prosecution case was that appellant no.1 stabbed PW-7 with a dagger in her ribs and appellant no.2 stabb ed PW-8 with a dagger on right side of his stomach and on left ribs – Trial Court convicted appellants-accused for offence unde r s.307 r/w s.34 – High Court upheld the order of conviction – On appeal, held: There was no reason to doubt the testimony of th e witnesses particularly PW7 and PW8 who were injured eye-witnesses – It was not the case of appellants-accused that the offence occ urred out of a sudden
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