Supreme Court of India
George and Others v. State of Kearla and Anr.
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What the Court ordered
Resultantly, we direct that A2 ' (Rajeev) and A3 (Joshy), who are in jail, be released forthwith unless wanted E in connection with any other case.
Judgment, page 25
From the headnote
Indian Penal Code, 1860-Sections 302, 449, 34-Trial Court'sfinding acquitting appellants-accused-Rejecting existence of the burning lamp and disbelieving PW 3, mother of the deceased having seen the appellants in that c light-High Court revusing-He/d : Trial Court's finding patently wrong- Based on non-consideration of material evidence-PWs 4 and 7, nextdoor neighbours categorically stating they had seen the burning lamp at the spot-High Court rightly reversed the acquittal-Conviction of appellant No. 1 upheld as his identity as well as motive jit!ly established-Others given benefit of…
Where later benches applied it
- 2016 Manoj Kumar Sharma & Ors. v. State of Chhattisgarh & Anr.
- 2015 State of Rajasthan v. Daud Khan
- 2025 Abdul Nassar v. State of Kerala & Anr.
- 2020 Tofan Singh v. State of Tamil Nadu
- 2014 Ashok Debbarma @ Achak Debbarma v. State of Tripura
Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to · 1 not applicable · 1 relied upon
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