Supreme Court of India
Suresh Thipmppa Shetty v. The State of Maharashtra
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From the headnote
Issue for consideration: Appellants-accused (A4 and A2) were convicted u/s.302, s.120B, IPC and sentenced accordingly. Whether High Court was justifi ed in dismissing the appeals fi led by them and upholding their conviction. Administration of Criminal Justice – Reasonable doubt as to the involvement of the appellants in the crime – Conviction unsustainable: Held: There is suffi cient material on record giving rise to reasonable doubt as to the involvement of the appellants in the crime – Appellants were able to poke holes in the testimonies of PW1, PW2 and PW7 – This conclusion is only fortifi ed…
Authorities it was built on
- 1977 Gudikanti Narasimhulu and Ors. v. Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh
- 2005 Ranjitsing Brahmajeetsing Sharma v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.
- 1983 Sreenivasa General Traders & Ors. Etc. v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors. Etc.
- 1988 State of U.P. v. Krishna Gopal & Anr.
- 2004 Narendra Singh and Anr. v. State of M.P.
- 2021 Chintels India Ltd. v. Bhayana Builders Pvt. Ltd.
- 1970 Noor Mohammad Mohd. Yusuf Momin v. State of Maharashtra
- 2000 The Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry and Ors. Etc. Etc. v. State of Andhra Pradesh and Ors. Etc. Etc.
- 2004 State of Madhya Pradesh v. Dharkole @ Govind Singh and Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 M Sambasiva Rao v. The State of Andhra Pradesh
- 2025 P. Nallammal v. State by the Inspector of Police, Vigilance and Anti-corruption Police, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu
- 2025 Paritala Sudhakar v. State of Telangana
- 2023 R. Sreenivasa v. State of Karnataka
Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to · 1 mentioned
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