VIKRAM AND ORS. versus STATE OF MAHARASHTRA
Conviction under sections 302/149 IPC is sustainable as eight persons with a common object indiscriminately assaulted the deceased and injured, dragged them to the river, and left only when a crowd intervened. Delay in lodging FIR was satisfactorily explained due to lack of local police post and priority to medical treatment, and credible eyewitness evidence supported the prosecution case.
- Parties
- Appellants: Vikram and ors.; Respondent: State of Maharashtra
- Jurisdiction
- India
- Judgment Date
- 09 May 2007
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Appeal From Conviction; Final Judgment
- Outcome
- Appeal dismissed; conviction and sentence affirmed.
- Legal Topics
- Murder, Common Object, Delay in FIR, Evidence in Criminal Trial, Section 302 IPC, Section 149 IPC
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Parties
Vikram and ors.
Appellants
State of Maharashtra
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Appeal From Conviction; Final Judgment
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether conviction under sections 302/149 IPC is sustainable
- 2 Whether delay in lodging FIR vitiates prosecution case
- 3 Whether common object to cause death was made out
Ratio Decidendi
Conviction under sections 302/149 IPC is sustainable as eight persons with a common object indiscriminately assaulted the deceased and injured, dragged them to the river, and left only when a crowd intervened. Delay in lodging FIR was satisfactorily explained due to lack of local police post and priority to medical treatment, and credible eyewitness evidence supported the prosecution case.
Court Disposition
Appeal dismissed; conviction and sentence affirmed.
Orders
- Appeal dismissed.
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