Supreme Court of India

Manik Das and Ors. v. State of Assam

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Bench Dr. Arijit Pasayat and D.K. Jain JJ.
Decided 31 May 2007

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Penal Code, 1860 : ss.302134-Murder-Joint liability-Trial court convicting ftve accused of the charge-High Court affirming conviction and life sentence-Held: Essence of the liability is to be found in exercise of a common intention animating the accused leading to doing of a criminal act in furtherance of such intention-s.34 is applicable even if no injury has been caused by a ·· particular accused himself-On facts, injuries found on post-mortem report correspond to version given by eye-witnesses-Two eye witnesses categorically named four accused-One of them further named the fifth accused…

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