Supreme Court of India

Ramachandran & Ors. Etc. v. State of Kerala

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Bench P. Sathasivam and Dr. B.S. Chauhan JJ.

Decided 2 September 2011

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that A 10 and A 11 only attacked PW1 and their involvement with regard to the deceased is equal to accused Nos. 12 and.

Judgment, page 24

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 - s.302/149 and s.307/149 - Unlawful assembly armed with various weapons causing murder of one person and serious injuries to two others - Applicability of s.149 - Held: Once it is established that the unlawful assembly had common object, it is not necessary that all persons forming the unlawful assembly must be shown to have committed some overt act - Even mere presence in the unlawful assembly, but with an active mind, to achieve the common object makes a person vicariously liable for the acts of the unlawful assembly - It is obligatory on the part of the court to examine that if the offence committed is not in direct prosecution of the common object, it yet may fall under second part of s.149 IPC, if the offence was such as the members knew was likely to be committed…

Authorities it was built on

1964 Masalti v. State of U. P cited by 89
2008 State of U.P. v. Kishanpal & Ors cited by 24
2007 Rakesh Kumar Jain and Anr. v. Stateof U.P. Thr. Collector and Anr. cited by 24
2010 Abdul Sayeed v. State of Madhya Pradesh cited by 21
2010 Sikandar Singh & Ors. v. State of Bihar cited by 6
2004 Charan Singh and Ors. v. State of Uttar Pradesh cited by 4
2008 Bhanwar Singh & Ors. v. State of M.P. cited by 4
2010 Debashis Daw & Ors. v. State of West Bengal cited by 4
2010 Daya Kishan v. State of Haryana cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2019 Munishamappa & Ors. v. State of Karnataka relied on
2015 Jodhan v. State of M.P. relied on
2015 Inder Singh & Ors. v. State of Rajasthan relied on
2013 State of Rajasthan v. Shiv Charan & Ors. relied on
2015 Sanjeev Kumar Gupta v. State of U.P. (now State of Utiarakhand) referred to
2013 Kanhaiya Lal & Ors. v. State of Rajasthan referred to
2013 Rattiram & Ors. Etc. v. State of M.P. through Inspector of Police referred to

Of those, 4 relied on · 3 referred to

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