Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 313 · Decided 5 April 2017
Hari Shankar Shukla v. State of U.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 313 · [2017] 3 S.C.R. 339
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1159/2007
- Decided
- 5 April 2017
- Bench
- R.F. NARIMAN, PRAFULLA C. PANT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304; CrPC
Headnote
339 HARI SHANKAR SHUKLA v. STATE OF U.P. (Criminal Appeal No.1159 of2007) APRIL 05, 2017 [R. F. NARIMAN AND PRAFULLA C. PANT, JJ.) A B Penal Code, 1860 - s.304 Part 1, ss.307, 323 - Acquittal by trial court - High Court convicted accused no.3 u/s.304 Part-I, u/s.307 for attempt to murder and JO eyewitnesses clearly stated that it was appellant who opened jire and this bullet hit the deceased causing his death - Evidence of prosecution witnesses was consistent - Conviction upheld but sentence reduced to 6 years. D Partly allowing the appeals, the Court HELD: DW-1 gave medical evidence as
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