Supreme Court of India

State (government of Nct of Delhi) v. Nitin Gunwant Shah

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Bench Pinaki Chandra Ghose and R.K. Agrawal JJ.
Decided 16 September 2015

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the present appeals are devoid of merits, and we s find no grounds to interfere with the judgment delivered by the High Court.

Judgment, page 13

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Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302134 ands. 120- - Conviction c by trial court set aside by High Court- State's appeal against acquittal - Prosecution case was that the victim-deceased was employee of accused-NS and that there was some dispute between them over money-Accused-NS hired the accused-OP to eliminate the deceased- Deceased was shot dead - Trial court convicted both the accused u/s. 302 rlw s. 120- on the basis of prosecution story revolving around the ·complaint which was filed by the victim-deceased complaining about the life threat received by him by the accus.ed - High Court reversed the…

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