Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 698 · Decided 29 October 2021
Ganesan v. State REP. BY Station House Officer
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 698 · [2021] 10 S.C.R. 514
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 903/2021
- Decided
- 29 October 2021
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, M.R. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 397, 391, 395, 390, 392, 393, 394
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.397 - Applicability of - Held: To bring the case within s.397, the offender who uses any deadly weapon, or causes grievous hurt to any person shall be liable for minimum punishment under s.397 - The term confined to the 'offender' who uses any deadly weapon and use of deadly weapon by one offender at the time of committing robbery cannot attract s.397 for the imposition of minimum punishment on another offender who has not used any deadly weapon. Penal Code, 1860: ss.391, 395, 397
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