Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 1025 · Decided 31 October 2018
Jangir Singh v. The State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 1025 · [2018] 13 S.C.R. 731
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2499/2009
- Decided
- 31 October 2018
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, MOHAN M. SHANTANAGOUDAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 300, 302, 27; Arms Act Section 27
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 304 Part I and 300 Exception II - Right to private defence - Benefit of - On facts, altercation between the appellant and the victim, in presence of other colleagues - Victim aimed rifle at the appellant and the appellant fired gunshot at the victim in and killed the victim - Acquittal by the trial court, however, the High Court convicted the appellant u/s. 302 holding that the right to private defence on the part of the appellant was not made out - On appeal, held: Owing to the imminent danger perceived by the appellant from the
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