Supreme Court Partially Allows Appeal in Murder Case, Upholding Conviction of One Accused and Acquitting Others for Lack of Common Intention. The court held that common intention under Section 34 IPC requires prior concert, which was absent for appellants whose roles were limited to holding and pulling the deceased, not participating in the fatal assault.
16 Feb 2022The appeal arose from a murder conviction where Krishnamurthy, Gopala, and Thimmappa were convicted under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC, among ...
