Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 898 · Decided 4 August 2008
Dinesh Singh v. State of U.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 898 · [2008] 11 S.C.R. 801
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 544/2001
- Decided
- 4 August 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 147, 148, 302, 325, 323, 149
Headnote
Pena/Code, 1860-ss. 96-101, 103ands. 304 (Part/) - Right of private defence -Availability and extent of- Com- c mencement and continuance of right - Stated - On facts, ac- cused allegedly caused fire arm injury to deceased resulting in his death - High Court convicted accused u/s. 304 (Part I}, co-accused - Claim of right of private defence and that the other co-accused acquitted on D the self same evidence - On appeal, held: It is established ... ,,.. beyond doubt from the evidence on record that deceased died due to gunshot injury caused by accused - There was no rea- sonable
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