Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 673 · Decided 24 November 2004
Khuman Singh and ORS. v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 673 · [2004] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 357
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 998/1999
- Decided
- 24 November 2004
- Bench
- B.P. SINGH, ARUN KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 149, 299, 300, 302, 304, 324, 326
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860; Ss. 149, 299, 300, 302, 304 Part-II, 324 and 326: Allegation of assault and murder against accused persons-Trial Court found accused persons guilty of murder and sentenced them to life C · imprisonment-Affirmed by High Court-On appeal, Held : Though the deceased had deceased caused by fracture of a rib bone puncturing the liver-The injury was not intended by the accused and was accidental-Section 300 thirdly not attracted-In D the facts and circumstances of the case, 'the conviction fall under Section 304 Part-II-Conviction of the accused under Section 302
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