Supreme Court Explains Essentials To Prove Conspiracy While Affirming Life Sentence To Convicts In Kerala Hooch Tragedy
Case: Sajeev v. State of Kerala
Coram: Justices Sanjay Karol and Justice Abhay S. Oka
Case No.: CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1134 OF 2011
Court Observation: Where in pursuance of the agreement, the conspirators commit offenses individually, all of them will be liable for such offenses even if some of them have not actively participated in the commission of those offenses.
The prosecution has succeeded in establishing the offense of criminal conspiracy of A10 and A11 with A1 (conviction of whom stands affirmed). There can be no doubt left about the involvement of the accused persons before us, in the sale and mixing of methyl alcohol with spirit as part of the conspiracy, resulting in deaths and injuries to many innocent persons. The conviction of A10 and A11 under Sections 302, 307, 326 and 120B IPC and 57(A)(1)(ii) of the Abkari Act has to be upheld.
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