Supreme Court · 1991 INSC 74 · Decided 14 March 1991
Bhupendra Singh and ORS. v. State of Uttar Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1991 INSC 74 · [1991] 1 S.C.R. 856
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 512/1979
- Decided
- 14 March 1991
- Bench
- A.M. AHMADI, V. RAMASWAMI, M. FATHIMA BEEVI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 201, 307, 147, 148
Headnote
Indian Penal Code: Death ca_use by rifle shot-Body removed·~­ and burnt-Recoveries made from the place of occurrence-Evidence of witnesses as to place of occurrence uniform-Prosecution case about the place of occurrence established. Fire arms used-First shot by Al from the rifle-Firing injury caused by that shot caused his death-Evidence of witnesses that first shot was fired by A 1 is consistant but it cannot be Y D predicated whether this hit the deceased on his forehead and that injury caused his death-Conviction of Alunder section 302 J.P.C. altered to one under section
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