Supreme Court of India

The State of Odisha v. Banabihari Mohapatra and Anr.

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Reported as [2021] 1 S.C.R. 612
Bench Indira Banerjee and Hemant Gupta JJ.
Decided 12 February 2021

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For the reasons discussed above, we find no ground to interfere with the impugned judgment and order of the High Court under Article 136 of the Constitution of India.

Judgment, page 13

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Penal Code, 1860: ss.302/201 r/w s.34 – Prosecution case was that the victim-deceased was found dead in shop o f accused with a swollen belly and deep burn injury on right foot and blood was oozing out of his mouth and nostrils – In the IR lodged by complainant-wife of the deceased, she had stated that on the fateful day, the first accused-respondenthad come to her hou se and told her that the deceased was lying motionless and not resp onding to calls and thereafter younger son of first accused a lso came and gave similar information – Complainant alleged that f irst accused and his son

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