Supreme Court of India · 2008-11-04
Dadan vs State Of M.P
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2009 SUPREME COURT 669
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Dadan
- Respondent
- State Of M.P
- Author
- C.K. Thakker
- Bench
- D. K. Jain, C.K. Thakker
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the accused under Sections 148, 302 read with 149, and 326 read with 149 IPC, affirming that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the accused formed an unlawful assembly with the common object of killing Jawaharlal Sahu. The Court found that the death was homicidal and injuries to the witness Motilal were serious, leading to a conviction for grievous hurt. The sentence of life imprisonment for the murder and one year for unlawful assembly was confirmed, while the attempt to murder charge under Section 307 was not upheld due to lack of evidence.