LAW FOR ALL

Sections 147, 148 and 302 IPC -mere presence or association with other members alone does not per se be sufficient to hold everyone of them criminally liable for the offences committed by the others Apex court held that there is no legally acceptable material to prove that the appellants acted as members of unlawful assembly to connect them with the murder of the deceased Korma Rao. At any rate in the absence of reliable evidence to prove that the appellants were either present on the spot or that they had committed any overt act that could show that they share the common object of the unlawful assembly it is not possible to support their conviction and benefit of doubt has to be given to them. = Nagesar … Appellant(s) versus State of Chhatisgarh … Respondent(s) = 2014 ( May.Part) http://judis.nic.in/supremecourt/filename=41527