Supreme Court of India

Budhan Singh and Ors. v. State of Bihar

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Bench S.B. Sinha and P.P. Naolekar JJ.
Decided 25 April 2006

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What the Court ordered

Having regard to the fact that all the Appellants before us are above 70 years of age and furthermore in view of the fact that as they were not connected with the first part of the occurrence, in our considered view, interest of justice would be subserved if they are sentenced to the period already undergone by them. The Appellants are on bail. They shall be discharged from their bail bonds. The appeal is allowed in part and to the extent mentioned hereinbefore.

Judgment, p. 272

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: Section 201. Disappearance of evidence of offence-Causing of-False information to screen offender-Giving of-When the informant, along with his co-villagers, was returning from a Mela the accused met them whereupon PW-2 asked the accused as regards their identity-Altercations and abuses thereafter followed-The accused threatened to shoot the informant and his companions whereafter they ran towards their village and raised an alarm-On hearing such an alarm, the deceased, brother of the informant and several other villagers rushed whereupon the accused allegedly ordered to fire shots which hit the deceased.

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