Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 622 · Decided 17 July 2023
Arvind Kumar v. State of Nct, Delhi
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 622 · [2023] 10 S.C.R. 713
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2390/2010
- Decided
- 17 July 2023
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, RAJESH BINDAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304A, 302, 300; Evidence Act Section 6
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 : s. 304A - Causing death by negligence - Scuffle between the victim-constable and the appellant-police guard - Semi Automatic Fire (SAF)-carbine of the appellant got entangled in the chain of the appellant's belt resulting in accidental firing of five victim in his neck leading to his death - Case of the appellant that he was requested by the sub-inspector to ask the victim to desist from continuing with his conversation on the telephone - Conviction of the appellant u/s. 302 and sentenced to life by the courts below - On
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