Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 722 · Decided 16 December 2003
James Martin v. State of Kerala
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 722 · [2003] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 910
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 887/1997
- Decided
- 16 December 2003
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 34, 324; Evidence Act
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: Sections 304 Part I, 326, 324, 96, 100 and 103-Bundh called all over C the count1y-Floor l'vfill owned by father and son operational in the area­ Bandh activists unlawfully entered the mill and demanded the employee to close the mill and thereafter assaulted him-Firing by son and also passersby on the road-Violent mob set the properties of the father and son on fire--Prosecution version that prop- D erties set on fire after the firing by son whereas defence version that it was done phor to the firing by son-Trial Court held father and son exceeded right o.f private
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