Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 439 · Decided 19 June 2015
Jagtar Singh v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 439 · [2015] 7 S.C.R. 1013
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 86/2013
- Decided
- 19 June 2015
- Bench
- R.K. AGRAWAL, ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 323, 325
Headnote
A 8 Penal Code, 1860- s. 304 Part II read with s. 34 - Land dispute between parties - On the fateful day, appellant and his brother caught hold of PW3 and when PW 3's uncle tried C to intervene, appellant inflicted injuries to uncle, who later succumbed to it- Conviction and sentence of both 34 - However, High Court upheld conviction of the appellant, while acquitted his brother· - On appeal, held: Evidence proved the appellant guilty for D committing the offence - He was aggressor and had hit the deceased - Both ocular and documentary evidence proved that motive did exist
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