Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 148 · Decided 11 March 2013
Goudappa & ORS. v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 148 · [2013] 4 S.C.R. 547
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 229/2007
- Decided
- 11 March 2013
- Bench
- A.K. PATNAIK, C.K. PRASAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34, 109, 143, 148
Headnote
A 8 Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 rlw s. 34, 143 and 148 - Murder - Of husband, by the wife's father and uncles - Five accused - Conviction of accused nos. 3, 4 & 5 (appellants) u/s.302 rl C w s.34 - Justification - Held: Justified - Deceased was done to death in furtherance of common intention - the deceased and facilitated accused no. 5 to give the fatal blow and made no effort to prevent him from assaulting the deceased leads to the D irresistible and inescapable conclusion that accused nos. 3 and 4 shared the common intention with accused no. 5 - Intention of accused no.5 clear from
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