Supreme Court of India

Alauddin & Ors. v. The State of Assam & Anr.

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Reported as [2024] 6 S.C.R. 20
Bench Abhay S. Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan JJ.
Decided 3 May 2024

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons recorded above, the impugned judgments of the Trial Court and High Court to the extent to which the appellants were convicted for the offence punishable under Section 302, read with Section 149 of IPC, are hereby set aside.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Matter pertains to correctness of the order convicting the appellants for the offences punishable u/ss. 302/149 IPC when the statements in evidence full of omissions and contradictions and the evidence of last seen theory and motive not established. Headnotes Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 302/149 – Murder and unlawful assembly – Conviction of the appellants for the offences punishable u/ ss. 302/149 for committing murder of the victim by the courts below – Correctness – Plea that statements in evidence of prosecution witness full of omissions and contradictions, and evidence

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