Supreme Court of India

Padmanaban v. State by Inspector of Police, Tamil Nadu

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Bench S.B. Sinha and Cyriac Joseph JJ.
Decided 31 July 2009

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Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 147, 148, 452, 431 and 302 - Prosecution under - Death caused with deadly weapons - c Eye-witnesses to the incident·- Conviction by courts below - On appeal, held: Conviction confirmed - Evidence of the eye- witnesses are reliable - Their depositions corroborated by medical evidence - Motive for the offence proved - Offence not covered u/s. 304 (Part I) /PC. Appellants-accused, along with other accused were prosecuted for having killed one person.

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