Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 143 · Decided 8 March 2004
Hari Mohan Mandal v. State of Jharkhand
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 143 · [2004] 3 S.C.R. 98
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 348/2004
- Decided
- 8 March 2004
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 307, 109, 34
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860; Ss. /09, 1208, 302 and 307: Assault and murder-Trial Court convicted main accused for committing C offence under Section 302 and two co-accused under Section 307 and sentenced them according~y-Afjirming conviction of the main accused and one of the co-accused (appellant) under Held: Injury inflicted by the accused need not necessarily result in the death of the person assaulted D but knowledge/intention to cause death coupled with some overt act in execution thereof are sufficient to justifa. conviction under Section 307-Since no deficiency in the testimony of the
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