Supreme Court of India
Paulmeli and Anr. v. State of Tamil Nadu Tr. Insp. of Police
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above, we are of the considered opinion G that the appeal is devoid of any merit and is accordingly dismissed.
Judgment, page 17
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - S. 302 - Murder - Allegation that two accused along with others unlawfully assembling together with a common object to murder the victim - Indiscriminate cuts caused over his body using aruval resulting in his death - Injuries to sons of victim, who tried to intervene - Conviction of two accused for offence punishable u/s 302 by the courts below - Interference· with - Held: Not called for - Injuries found on the person of the deceased duly supported by medical evidence as well as corroborated by the deposition of PW-1 - FIR was lodged promptly - PW 2 turned hostile but…
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Where later benches applied it
- 2020 Duleshwar & Anr. v. The State of M.P. (now Chhattisgarh)
- 2025 Gurdeep Singh v. The State of Punjab
- 2025 K.P. Tamilmaran v. The State by Deputy Superintendent of Police
- 2025 Tarun Sharma v. State of Haryana
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to · 1 mentioned
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