Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 311 · Decided 5 March 2019
Asif Khan v. State of Maharashtra & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 311 · [2019] 2 S.C.R. 887
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 286/2019
- Decided
- 5 March 2019
- Bench
- ASHOK BHUSHAN, K.M. JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 read with s. 34 - Murder - Common intention - Altercation between the parties after which accused no 1 and 2 came back and returned after 10 minutes with deadly weapons- knife with a blade of 15.5 cm, by which the victim was stabbed resulting in his death victim and accused no 1 stabbed the victim - Trial court convicted the accused no. 1 and 2 for offences punishable u/s. 304 Part II rw s. 34 and others were acquitted - However, the High Court convicted the accused no. 1 and 2 u/s. 302 rw s. 34 - SLP by accused no. 1 dismissed
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