Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 927 · Decided 26 February 2014
Jhaptu Ram v. State of Himachal Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 927 · [2014] 4 S.C.R. 55
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1223/2014
- Decided
- 26 February 2014
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, JASTI CHELAMESWAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
A B Penal Code, 1860: s.302 - Murder - Altercation between the appellant and his son - Intervention by the deceased­ victim and his mother staying next door - Gun shot fire by C appellant at the deceased resulting in his death - Conviction uls.302 by trial court, upheld by High Court - On wherein the deceased and his mother were called to intervene and pacify the matter - An altercation took place between the appellant and the D deceased - No evidence to show that there was any prior intention of the appellant to kill the deceased - As per the medical and ocular evidence, there was
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