Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 1170 · Decided 20 November 2007
D. Sailu v. State of A.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 1170 · [2007] 12 S.C.R. 397
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1592/2007
- Decided
- 20 November 2007
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, AFTAB ALAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 300, 302, 304
Headnote
A v. STATE OF A.P. NOVEMBER 20, 2007 B [DR.ARIJITPASAYAT ANDAFTABALAM,JJ.) _, Penal Code, 1860: s.300 Exception 1and4, s.302 and s.304 Part I-Sudden fight c between accused and deceased-Accused stabbed deceased-Courts below held accused guilty under s. 302-Accused pleading applicability of no pre-meditation- D -i Appropriate conviction under s.304 Part-I and not under s.302- Conviction altered accordingly. Evidence: Related witness-Testimony of-Evidentiary value of E Medical evidence-Primacy of, over ocular evidence-Propriety of-Held: It is not proper to accord undue primacy to
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