Supreme Court · 1981 INSC 71 · Decided 17 March 1981
Gayasi v. State of U.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1981 INSC 71 · [1981] 3 S.C.R. 268
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 362/1979
- Decided
- 17 March 1981
- Bench
- Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, A.P. SEN (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34, 307
Headnote
268 GAYASI v. STATE OF U.P. March 17, 1981 J [Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, C.J. AND A.P. SEN, J] Penal Code-Crime against public servant for reasons arising out of perfor­ mance of official duty-No reason for commuting death sentence to lesser sentence. The deceased Bhagwan Singh who was working as an his way back home. Daya Ram first fired three shots at the deceased as a result of which he fell down. Immediately thereafter the appel­ lant emerged with a sword and chopped off the head of Bhagwan Singh. The appellant was convicted under section 302 read w.ith section 34, I.P.C. and
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