Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 377 · Decided 4 September 2012
Bhimanna v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 377 · [2012] 7 S.C.R. 909
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 46/2005
- Decided
- 4 September 2012
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, B.S. CHAUHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 447, 504, 302, 34; CrPC Section 216, 217, 385(2), 386, 464, 465, 4641465
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.304 Part-I r/w s.34 - Applicability - Homicidal death - Three accused - While returning home from A B the agricultural fields, the accused trespassed on to the land C of the victim - Verbal altercation ensued between the parties whereafter the accused assaulted the victim with accused were carrying at that time - Victim fell down after receiving injuries, whereupon the accused stopped the assault - A-2 threw down D the "mefi" and all the accused left the place of occurrence saying that the victim had fallen - Victim died consequently - Conviction of A-1 u/s
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