Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 951 · Decided 13 September 2022
Chherturam @ Chainu v. State of Chhattisgarh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 951 · [2022] 7 S.C.R. 210
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1317/2022
- Decided
- 13 September 2022
- Bench
- SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 313
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - Murder - Exception 4 of s.300, s.82 - Exception 4 of s.300, when not applicable - Father and appellant- son were drinking alocohol together, got into a fight - Appellant convicted for murder of his father - On appeal, held : being father and son - There was no prior dispute and liquor got the better of the appellant, however that is no defence in view of s.86 - There were eleven injuries - It is not only the number of injuries but where and in what manner they were inflicted, even if it is by a
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