Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 434 · Decided 23 October 2002
Hukam Chand v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 434 · [2002] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 202
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 147/2002
- Decided
- 23 October 2002
- Bench
- U.C. BANERJEE, Y.K. SABHARWAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 304, 323; CrPC Section 313
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860; Sections 302, 304 Part II & 323: Murder-Right to se/fdefence--He/d, since injury received by the accused C persons is not serious, it negates the aggression theory-Hence right of self defence not available-Accused inflicted injury on the deceased by deadly weapon and the 304 Part JI. D On the fateful day, PW12 and his brother went to the field for thrashing wheat. Members of accused party picked up 'khes' belonging to PW12 without his consent and when he asked to return the khes there started some altercation between the two groups. Accused persons called their
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