Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1051 · Decided 13 September 1996
Devinder v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1051 · [1996] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 249
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 446/1987
- Decided
- 13 September 1996
- Bench
- M.K. MUKHERJEE, S.P. KURDUKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 25, 27; CrPC Section 157; Arms Act Section 6
Headnote
Indian Penal Code, 1860-Section 302: Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, Section 157-Circumstances for benefit of doubt-Non-disclosure of the names of the accused at the earliest C opportunity-Delay in sending the special report to the Magistrate-Benefit of doubt can be given to the accused-:4nns given two blows to the victim with knife-one on the left side of the chest and the other on the abdomen, in presence of two eye witnesses, who carried the injured to the Hospital, where he was examined by the doctor, who certified that at the time of admission the victim was fully conscious.
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