Supreme Court of India
Velthepu Srinivas and Others v. State of Andhra Pradesh (now State of Telangana) and Anr.
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We hold that A-3 did not share a common intention to commit the murder of the deceased.
Judgment, page 10
From the headnote
Issue for Consideration The courts below, if justified in convicting the four accused u/ss. 302/34 IPC and imposing sentence for life for committing murder of the victim. Headnotes Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 302/34, s. 304 Part II – Murder with common intention – Culpable homicide not amounting to murder, when – Political animosity between two groups led to the murder of the deceased – Prosecution witnesses corroborating incident of accused 1 stopping an auto, dragging the deceased to the house of -4, and the other accused-A2, A4 joined -1 and assaulted the deceased with various weapons, whereas,
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