Supreme Court of India · 2002-07-23
Mathura Yadav @ Mathura Mahato & Ors vs State Of Bihar
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2002 SUPREME COURT 2707
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Mathura Yadav @ Mathura Mahato & Ors
- Respondent
- State Of Bihar
- Bench
- N.Santosh Hegde, D.M.Dharmadhikari
Judgment text excerpt
The appellants challenged their conviction under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the IPC for murder. The case examines the consistency of evidence and the application of common intention in a criminal conspiracy to commit homicide. The Court evaluated whether the prosecution successfully established the guilt of the appellants following the acquittal of the primary accused by the trial court.