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Balu Sudam Khalde & Anr v. The State of Maharashtra

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Bench Sudhanshu Dhulia and J.B. Pardiwala JJ.
Decided 29 March 2023

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that suggestions made to the witness by the defence counsel and the reply to such suggestions would definitely form part of the evidence and can be relied upon by the Court along with other evidence on record to determine the guilt of the accused.

Judgment, page 24

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302 r/w 34 – Prosecution case that verbal altercation between the parties resulting in a fight wherein first informant assaulted on the head and the deceased suffered severe assault and succumbed to his injuries – Appellants convicted u/s 302 r/w 34, and sentenced to life imprisonment, however, acquittal of -2 and -4 – High Court upheld the order – Interference with – Held: Not called for – Oral evidence of all the three eyewitnesses is consistent and no good reason for the court to disbelieve the ocular version as narrated by the three eyewitnesses – Courts below…

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Of those, 2 relied on · 4 mentioned

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