Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 316 · Decided 6 April 2017
Devendra Nath Srivastava v. State of U.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 316 · [2017] 3 S.C.R. 714
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 87/2008
- Decided
- 6 April 2017
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, PRAFULLA C. PANT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 302
Headnote
F G H [2017] 3 S.C.R. 714 DEVENDRA NATH SRIVASTAVA v. STATE OF U.P, (Criminal Appeal No. 87 of2008) APRIL 06, 2017 [N. V. RAMANA AND PRAFULLA C. PANT, JJ.) Penal Code, 1860 - s.304 fart-I - Appellant assaulted his wife with a brick - Wife died of asphyxia on account of ante mortem injuries - him to rigorous imprisonment for ten years with fine - On appeal, held: In the instant case, the incident has occurred after quarrel between the appellant and the deceased, which was not a planned act- It is also established that appellant was a drunkard - Appellant _in a fit of anger caused
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