Supreme Court of India

State of Rajasthan v. Leela Ram @ Leela Dhar

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Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and M. R. Shah JJ.
Decided 13 December 2018

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Penal Code, 1860: s.304 Part II – Conviction of respondent under s.302 IPC – High Court modified his conviction to one under s.304 Part II – Prosecution case was that three persons including the respondent attacked the victim-deceased and caused serious injuries to him – Respondent inflicted an axe injury on the skull of the deceased which caused his death – Accused persons were tried for murder – Trial court convicted the respondent on the basis of depositions of PW-1 to PW-4, the medical evidence and recovery of blood stained axe at the behest of respondent, while acquitted the other two…

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