Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 709 · Decided 12 July 2022
Ajmal v. The State of Kerala
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 709 · [2022] 14 S.C.R. 503
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1838/2019
- Decided
- 12 July 2022
- Bench
- AJAY RASTOGI, VIKRAM NATH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34, 149, 302, 304, 143, 147, 148
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss.34, 149, 302, 304 Part II- Culpable homicide not amounting to murder - Deceased along with other friends were stopped by ten accused persons - Verbal altercation took place - Deceased was beaten by accused no. 1 and 2 and as a result, deceased fell on and caused them simple and grievous hurt - Charges framed u/ss.143, 147, 148, 341, 323, 324, 427 and 302 r/w s.149 - Trial Court acquitted accused nos.4, 5, 7 and 10 - High Court acquitted three other accused namely accused nos.6, 8 and 9 of all the charges - Conviction
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