Section 2302 (b) and 44 32 Benefits of doubt over the value of evidence Four of the seven defendants were acquitted by the trial court on suspicion while two of the remaining three accused were sentenced and sentenced to 10 years with a fine. Sentenced. The seventh accused was sentenced under Section 2302 (b), PPC and sentenced to death with a compensation of Rs.1,00,000 to pay the deceased's legal heirs. And filed an appeal against the conviction, out of the two accused convicted under Section 242424, PPC, and the same person was sentenced on the sole basis that he testified to the injured prosecution. Fired at the side which escaped easily and he was injured by the firing which he was guilty of. That he was present on the spot and acted out acutely, but no overt act was presented by the trial court which could have sentenced him, as the two accused said, only before the ineffective shooting. Was charged, his case was the same as the four accused who were acquitted because they were also charged with ineffective firing, the rule of consistency said that the two suspects doubted the appeal. Appealing to the extent of the two accused, was accepted and he was acquitted of the charge and directed to be released.
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