Supreme Court of India
State of U.P. v. Jai Dutt and Anr.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above and for the reasons stated hereinabove the present appeal succeeds.
Judgment, page 8
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302 and 326 – Murder – Conviction by trial court u/s.302 accepting the prosecution case that the accused persons armed with deadly weapons went to the agricultural field were the victim (complainant’s father) was working and beat him, resulting in his death – High Court converted the conviction to that u/s.326, primarily on grounds that the victim died six days after the incident and no fracture was found on his head – Justification – Held: Not justified – Merely because the victim died six days after the incident not a ground to set aside the conviction u/s.302 and…
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