Supreme Court of India · 2008-08-25
BASUDEO YADAV vs SURENDRA YADAV .
- Citation / case number
- SC 2001/2853
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- BASUDEO YADAV
- Respondent
- SURENDRA YADAV .
- Author
- ARIJIT PASAYAT
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT,MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA, , ,
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court overturned the Patna High Court's judgment of acquittal regarding 14 accused charged under Section 364, Section 302, Section 302 read with Section 149, Section 201, and Section 148 IPC. The Court established that the evidence presented, including eyewitness accounts, sufficiently proved the involvement of the accused in the abduction and murder of Vyasdeo Yadav. Consequently, the Supreme Court convicted the accused and set aside the acquittal, reinforcing the importance of eyewitness testimony in criminal cases.