Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 422 · Decided 5 August 2004
Bappa Alias Bapu v. The State of Maharashtra and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 422 · [2004] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 352
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 798/2004
- Decided
- 5 August 2004
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, C.K. THAKKER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 307, 109
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860-Section 307-Prosecution under--Conviction by Courts below on the basis of evidence of the injured-On appeal, heid: Conviction justified--Conviction under the Section can be justified if an C intent complied with some overt act in execution thereof is present-It is not essential between the act of the accused and its result-However, sentence reduced to 5 years. It was alleged that appellant-accused, alongwith PW-10 had gone D to watch cinema and while returning, he, all of a sudden stabbed PW- 10 on his stomach and back and started pressing his neck. On cry for
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