Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 518 · Decided 15 May 2018
Khurshid Ahmed v. State of Jammu and Kashmir
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 518 · [2018] 6 S.C.R. 1121
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 872/2015
- Decided
- 15 May 2018
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, S. ABDUL NAZEER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
Ranbir Penal Code - s.302 - Prosecution case that there was a scuffle between the appellant-accused and 'A' over some payment issue - Same day in evening, appellant-accused assaulted 'A' on his head in presence of his father-PW-9 - 'A' an oral complaint - Head injury resulted in the death of 'A' - Trial Court acquitted accused - However, High Court reversed the order of acquittal into conviction u/ss. 302/341 RPC - Appellant-accused contended that the entire case depended on the veracity
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