Supreme Court of India

Stalin v. State Represented by the Inspector of Police

Neutral citation
Bench Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and M. R. Shah JJ.
Decided 9 September 2020

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, the appeal is allowed in part.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 – s. 302, s. 304 and Exception IV to s.300 – Appellant-accused was convicted and sentenced u/s. 302 IPC – Appellant contended that it was a case of single injury, s. 302 IPC shall not be attracted and the case would fall u/s. 304-Part II IPC – Held: There is no hard and fast rule that in a case of single injury s. 302 IPC would not be attracted – It depends upon the facts and circumstances of each case – In the instant case, PW-3 deposed that when the victim-deceased served extra beer to two persons who came from outside, the accused became angry and told the victim why he…

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