Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 938 · Decided 18 September 2007
Jagannath v. State of M.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 938 · [2007] 9 S.C.R. 1097
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1310/2005
- Decided
- 18 September 2007
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, H.S. BEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302134, 302, 34, 326
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860-s. 302134 ands. 326-Altercation between parties­ Accused inflicting axe blow on head of deceased resulting in his death'-co­ accused causing injuries to prosecution witnesses-Courts below convicting C co-accused under s. 302134 and imposing rigorous imprisonment for to the witnesses by co-accused were simple injuries-It was his individual act-Thus, co-accused guilty under s. 326 and not under s. 302134 and sentence of JO years rigorous imprisonment imposed D According to the prosecution case, D and R had collected pieces of wood and the appellant and P
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