Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 617 · Decided 7 November 2003
Gyasuddin Khan @ MD. Gyasuddln Khan v. The State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 617 · [2003] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 367
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 190/2002
- Decided
- 7 November 2003
- Bench
- S. RAJENDRA BABU, P. VENKATARAMA REDDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 27, 302; Arms Act Section 27, 2(I)(i)
Headnote
B Penal Code, I 860-Section 302-Murder-Death sentence-Justification for-Mental condition of the accused-Held, a relevant factor for determining sentence-Accused police personnel killing three fellow police personnel- C Murder committed because one of the deceased had reprimanded him and had made police personnel-Death sentence converted into life imprisonment considering his mental condition-Penology-Death Sentence. The appellant was a constable in police force. He was aggrieved by D the action of his superior, R, who had reprimanded him on various occasions for negligence and lack of
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