Supreme Court of India

Shiv Kumar v. The State of Madhya Pradesh

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Reported as [2022] 7 S.C.R. 493
Bench K. M. Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy JJ.
Decided 7 September 2022

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From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: s.411 – Dishonestly receiving sto len property – Prosecution case was that the appellant- accused and co-accused received the articles looted from the truck k nowing fully well that those are stolen property – Trial court convicted both the accused u/s.411 – High Court confirmed the conviction – On appeal, held: To establish that a person is dealing with stolen propert y, the ‘believe’ factor of the person is of stellar import – It is not enough for prosecution to prove that the accused was either neg ligent or that he had a cause to think that the property was stolen, or

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 referred to

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