Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1215 · Decided 23 October 2008
Indu Jain v. State of Madhya Pradesh & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1215 · [2008] 14 S.C.R. 1137
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1683/2008
- Decided
- 23 October 2008
- Bench
- ALTAMAS KABIR, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 330, 323, 34, 302; CrPC Section 240, 173
Headnote
~ Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.240, Framing of charges - Custodial death of accused in office of Lokayukta ~ Charges framed against officers of Lokayukta u/s 304 Part II c but dropped u/s. 330 /PC - Set aside by High Court- Direc~ tions issued to frame charges u/s. 323134 !PC - On established that deceased was asthmatic - De- spite that he was detained in wholly unhygienic conditions which triggered his asthmatic attack leading to .his death on D account of asphyxia - Injuries found on the body of deceased might have been caused during attempts at resuscitation when he was
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