Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 547 · Decided 16 September 2020
Jugut Ram v. The State of Chhattisgarh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 547 · [2020] 6 S.C.R. 1140
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 616/2020
- Decided
- 16 September 2020
- Bench
- R.F. NARIMAN, NAVIN SINHA, INDIRA BANERJEE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 302
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s. 304 (Part II) - Assault by Lathi - Resulting in death of the victim after one day - Conviction u/s. 302 IPC and life imprisonment by Courts below - Appeal to Supreme Court - Held: 'Lathi' is a common item carried by a villager - a weapon of assault simpliciter - In the case of an assault by 'lathi', it has to be ascertained whether there was intention or knowledge - The circumstances, manner of assault, nature and number of injuries will have to be considered cumulatively to decipher the
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