Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 793 · Decided 30 May 2025
Chetan v. The State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 793 · [2025] 5 S.C.R. 906
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1568/2013
- Decided
- 30 May 2025
- Bench
- SURYA KANT, N KOTISWAR SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 304, 404; CrPC Section 313; Evidence Act Section 27, 106; Arms Act Section 3, 5, 25, 27
Headnote
Matter pertains to the correctness of the order passed by the courts below convicting and sentencing the appellant u/ss.302, 304 IPC, and u/ss.3, 5 of the Arms Act, 1959. Penal Code, 1860 - ss.302, 304, 404 - Murder - Conviction on basis and recovery of articles - Prosecution case that homicidal death of the victim due to gunshot injury by the appellant - Appellant had a grudge against the victim because of certain monetary dispute - After committing the offence, the appellant misappropriated the mobile phone
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