Legal Street registered trademark

Supreme Court of India

Gangadhar Behera and Ors. v. State of Orissa

Neutral citation
Bench Arijit Pasayat and S.B. Sinha JJ.
Decided 10 October 2002

INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.

24 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

The inevitable result of this appeal is dismissal which we direct.

Judgment, p. 201

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860; Sections 141, 148, 149 and 302: Murder-Unlawful assembly-Conviction-Ingredients of-Held, a member of the assembly if understood the object and unlawful acts likely to be committed by it, then such member would be held liable as member of unlawful assembly-Proof of overt act is not necessary. Common object and common intention-Distinction between-Discussed Evidence Act, 1872: Testimony of interested witnesses-reliance thereupon-Held, relationship does not affect credibility of the witnesses-Court to adopt a careful approach in such cases and analyze evidence to find out whether it is cogent and credible.

Authorities it was built on

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 7 relied on · 5 referred to · 12 mentioned

Sign in free to read it

  • The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
  • Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
  • Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
  • Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing
Sign in to read - for free

An email address, no password.