Supreme Court of India · 2002-11-25
SURESH SITARAM SURVE vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA
- Citation / case number
- SC 2001/17331
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- SURESH SITARAM SURVE
- Respondent
- STATE OF MAHARASHTRA
- Author
- P.Venkatarama Reddi
- Bench
- S. RAJENDRA BABU, P. VENKATARAMA REDDI & B.N. SRIKRISHNA.
Judgment text excerpt
The appellant challenged a High Court conviction for murder under Section 302 of the IPC, reversing an initial acquittal by the Sessions Court. The case involves an attack on the deceased and several others, driven by prior enmity between the parties. The High Court excluded the applicability of Section 149 IPC, finding only four participants in the crime, and sentenced the appellant to life imprisonment.