Supreme Court of India

Nand Lal and Others v. The State of Chhattisgarh

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Bench B.R. Gavai, Vikram Nath and Sanjay Karol JJ.
Decided 14 March 2023

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that accused No. 11 Naresh Kumar is entitled to benefit of doubt.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 – Murder – Prosecution case that previous enmity between the accused persons and the complainant – Accused no. 11 assaulted the complainant and thereafter, the complainant lodged an FIR – Said accused then alongwith the other accused armed with deadly weapons formed an unlawful assembly, and assualted the victim-complainant’s father along with the prosecution witnesses, resulting in the death of the victim – Conviction of the accused persons for the offences punishable u/s. 302 along with the other offences and sentenced to life imprisonment by the courts below…

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 referred to

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