Supreme Court · 1974 INSC 159 · Decided 27 August 1974
Godhu & ANR. v. State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1974 INSC 159 · [1975] 1 S.C.R. 906
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 307/1971
- Decided
- 27 August 1974
- Bench
- HANS RAJ KHANNA, Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, P.K. GOSWAMI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 364; Arms Act Section 25(1)(a)
Headnote
'" STATE OF RAJASTHAN August 27, 1974 A [H. R. KHANNA, Y. V. CHANDRACHUD, AND P. K. GOSWAMI, JJ.) B P£nal Codt-S.<t. 302 and 364-Acquittal under s. 364. Dying declaration-On~ part believed and andther part disbellevtd-Wh~thtr wlrole rhould be reiecttd. The appellants B and G and was shot at. At the trial B stated that he had fired at the dece....,d in self-defence because the deceased entered his baitlwk in a drunken state with a deadly wea- pon in his hand and attempted to attack him. Rejecting the plea of self defence and believing one part of the dying declaration
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