Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 11 · Decided 4 January 2008
Dharam Pal and ORS. v. State of U.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 11 · [2008] 1 S.C.R. 65
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 884/2001
- Decided
- 4 January 2008
- Bench
- C.K. THAKKER, TARUN CHATTERJEE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 323, 302, 34; CrPC Section 385, 386; Evidence Act Section 32(1)
Headnote
l Penal Code, 1860- s.304 Part II rlw s.34, Exception 4 to - 1 s.300 and s.302 rlw s.34 - Culpable homicide not amounting I to murder- Assault on deceased with 'lathis' resulting in head c injuries - Deceased taken to police station by his father - Report registered on dictation of deceased - s.302 r/w s.34 - Conviction altered to s.304 Part II rlw s.34 by High Court - Correctness of - Held: Correct - Facts of the case disclose D that there was no pre-meditation and no intention on part of accused to cause death of deceased - FIR mentioned names - .. of accused and important features
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