Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 1084 · Decided 27 August 2009
Haru Ghosh v. State of West Bengal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 1084 · [2009] 13 S.C.R. 847
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1173/2008
- Decided
- 27 August 2009
- Bench
- V.S. SIRPURKAR, DEEPAK VERMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 307, 326, 382
Headnote
A B Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302, 307, 326 - Murder of a woman and her young child and also attempt to murder a man aged 60 years - Conviction u/ss.302, 307,326 - Award of C death sentence as also rigorous imprisonment for 7 years for offence punishable uls. 307 and rigorous imprisonment for 5 years by High Court - On appeal held: Direct evidence of eye witnesses describing ~ murderous attack on victim, Thus, courts below rightly held o the accused guilty for offence punishable uls.307 - Conviction \ u/s. 326 not required and thus, set aside - Not a case of pre meditated murder -
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