Supreme Court of India · 2002-07-31
Pramod Mahto vs State Of Bihar
- Citation / case number
- AIRONLINE 2002 SC 441
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Pramod Mahto
- Respondent
- State Of Bihar
- Bench
- N. Santosh Hegde, Bisheshwar Prasad Singh
Judgment text excerpt
The appellant challenged a conviction under Section 302/34 of the IPC for the murder of Devendra Mahto. The High Court had previously acquitted the co-accused while upholding the appellant's life imprisonment sentence. The primary legal issue concerns the reliability of eyewitness testimony and the feasibility of identification given the alleged lack of light at the scene of the crime.