Supreme Court of India

Kamal Prasad & Ors. v. The State of Madhya Pradesh (now State of Chhattisgarh)

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Reported as [2023] 13 S.C.R. 810
Bench Abhay S. Oka and Sanjay Karol JJ.
Decided 10 October 2023

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What the Court ordered

Resultantly, the fi rst contention of the convict appellants must necessarily be answered in the negative.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Issue for consideration: Case of the prosecution rested primarily on the testimonies of three witnesses, conviction o f the appellants for off ence punishable u/ss.148, 302 r/w 149, 307 r/w 1 49, IPC and ss.4/5 of the Explosive Substance Act, 1908 and the conseq uent sentence imposed, if justifi ed. Evidence – Testimonies of eyewitnesses – Reliance up on: Held: Death of the deceased ‘ ’ and his son ‘K’ is undis puted – Deceased ‘ ’ having sustained multiple injuries u pon vital parts of the body as a result of the bombs being thrown a t him also stands proved – Testimonies of three witnesses is

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