Supreme Court of India

Suresh Thipmppa Shetty v. The State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2023] 11 S.C.R. 1135

Bench Vikram Nath and Ahsanuddin Amanullah JJ.

Decided 26 July 2023

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From the headnote

Issue for consideration: Appellants-accused (A4 and A2) were convicted u/s.302, s.120B, IPC and sentenced accordingly. Whether High Court was justiﬁ ed in dismissing the appeals ﬁ led by them and upholding their conviction. Administration of Criminal Justice – Reasonable doubt as to the involvement of the appellants in the crime – Conviction unsustainable: Held: There is suﬃ cient material on record giving rise to reasonable doubt as to the involvement of the appellants in the crime – Appel lants were able to poke holes in the testimonies of PW1, PW2 and PW7 – This conclusion is only fortiﬁ

Authorities it was built on

1977 Gudikanti Narasimhulu and Ors. v. Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh cited by 22
2005 Ranjitsing Brahmajeetsing Sharma v. State of Maharashtra and Anr. cited by 20
1988 State of U.P. v. Krishna Gopal & Anr. cited by 8
2004 Narendra Singh and Anr. v. State of M.P. cited by 7
1970 Noor Mohammad Mohd. Yusuf Momin v. State of Maharashtra cited by 4
2004 State of Madhya Pradesh v. Dharkole @ Govind Singh and Ors. cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2025 M Sambasiva Rao v. The State of Andhra Pradesh relied on
2025 P. Nallammal v. State by the Inspector of Police, Vigilance and Anti-corruption Police, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu relied on
2025 Paritala Sudhakar v. State of Telangana referred to
2023 R. Sreenivasa v. State of Karnataka mentioned

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to · 1 mentioned

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