Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 717 · Decided 9 July 1996
Bhaiya Bahadur Singh v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 717 · [1996] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 310
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 46/1987
- Decided
- 9 July 1996
- Bench
- M.M. PUNCHHI, SUJATA V. MANOHAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; Arms Act Section 25(a)
Headnote
l11dia11 Pe11al Code, l860-Sectlo11s 96 and 97-Right of self defe11cL~ Exte11t of--011us of proof-Whether on the accused-Degree of proof-Whether beyond reasonable doubt. The case of the prosecution was that the ap11ellant trampled over a portion of the field of the victim's party while taking his lost his temper and '"'ent back to his house and brought a single barrel gun. Thereafter, appellant used abusive language and fired one shot injuring PW-15 and D PW-16 and thereafter, reloaded his gun and !ired another shot which killed the deceased. The appellant was charged under
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