Supreme Court of India
Dakkata Balaram Reddy & Anr v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Anr.
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We are of the opinion that it would not be open to the accused to raise this factual aspect at this late stage.
Judgment, page 10
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Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302, 397, 450 – Case based on circumstantial evidence – Case of the prosecution that app ellants- accused (A1 and A2) trespassed into house of PW-1, wherein he also did his gold and silver business, concealing i ron rods and robbed gold ornaments and brutally killed his son and wife – Accused held guilty of offences punishable u/ss.302, 397 an d 450 and sentenced accordingly – Legality of – Held: Though th ere were no eye-witnesses to the actual killings, there were th ree separate witnesses PWs 4, 6, and 10, who were independent of e ach other and had no animosity with
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