Ram Ratan vs State Of M.P. on 17 December, 2021
In light of the above observations and
the law laid down by this Court in the
aforesaid two decisions the case on behalf of
the accused in the present appeals is
required to be considered. Even as per the
case of the prosecution and even considering
the evidence on record it can be seen that the
present accused A1 and A3 are not alleged to
have used any weapon. The allegation of use
of any weapon was against Benny and
Prabhakaran. Therefore, in absence of any
allegations of use of any deadly weapon by
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the appellants herein Accused Nos.1 and 3
Section 397 IPC shall not be attracted and to
that extent the Learned Counsel appearing on
behalf of the appellants accused are right in
submitting that they ought not to have been
convicted for the offence punishable under
Section 397 IPC.”