Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 870 · Decided 15 September 2016
Govindaswamy v. State of Kerala
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 870 · [2016] 9 S.C.R. 342
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1584/2014
- Decided
- 15 September 2016
- Bench
- RANJAN GOGOI, UDAY UMESH LALIT, PRAFULLA C. PANT (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 376, 3941, 325
Headnote
9 S.C.R. 342 GOVINDASWAMY v. STATE OF KERALA CRIMINAL APPEAL NOS.1584-1585 OF 2014 SEPTEMBER 15,2016 (RANJAN GOGOi, PRAFULLA C. PANT AND UDAY UMESH LALIT, JJ.J Penal Code,1860 - ss.302 & 376 - Conviction of appellant­ accused uls. 302 - If justified - Appellant convicted for raping and arising therefrom including a~piration of blood into air passages resulting in anoxic brain damage on account of the deceased having D been kept in a supine position for purpose of sexual assault - Held: Appellant is liable for injury no. 1 however not for injury no.2 which was occasioned
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