Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 37 · Decided 19 January 2018
Atul Thakur v. State of Himachal Pradesh ETC. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 37 · [2018] 1 S.C.R. 245
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 522/2016
- Decided
- 19 January 2018
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, A.M. KHANWILKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 300, 34
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.302 - Assault resulting in death - Prosecution case was that the appellant caused six injuries to deceased by attacking him with a knife on the fateful night in the presence of their friends who had gathered at the house of accused no.2 for celebrating at the behest of the deceased - Deceased succumbed to the injuries caused by the appellant - Conviction by trial court under s.304 Part II - High Court convicted appellant-accused under s.302 - On appeal, held: Evidence on record proved sudden physical fight between
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