Supreme Court of India
Sukumaran v. State Rep. by the Inspector of Police
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In view of the foregoing discussion, the appeal succeeds and is accordingly allowed.
Judgment, page 17
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Penal Code, 1860: s.302 r/w ss.109 and 203 – Prosecution case was that appellant- -1 was working as Forest Range Officer – On the fateful day, while he was on duty and going in his official jeep along with co-accused, the driver of his jeep, he noticed four persons (deceased driver, PW1, PW2 and one cleaner) in a lorry – Suspecting smuggling of sandalwood, he chased them and after some distance when the lorry stopped and the driver of the lorry and his associates started running, he fired a gun shot from his DBL-gun which hit the driver causing his death – It was the case of prosecution that…
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