Supreme Court · 1979 INSC 49 · Decided 22 February 1979
Bishnu Deo Shaw @ Bishnu Dayal v. State of West Bengal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1979 INSC 49 · [1979] 3 S.C.R. 355
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 70/1979
- Decided
- 22 February 1979
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, O. CHINNAPPA REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 354(3)
Headnote
\ • .)( " ' • 355 BISHNU DEO SHAW@ BISHNU DAYAL A v. STATE OF WEST BENGAL February 22, 1979 [V. R. KRISHNA IYER AND 0. CllINNAPPA REDDY, JJ.J B Demand of death for murder, rationale of section 302 I.P.C. vis-a-vis­ Section 354(3) of the Crl. P.C. 1973-"Special the C Sessions Judge was that the murder was "cruel and brutal" and that the facts showed the "grim determination" of the accused to kill the deceased. The Sessions Judge made no reference to the motive of the accused for the com­ mission of the murder. The High Court
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