Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 720 · Decided 21 June 2007
Krishna & Anr v. State of U.P
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 720 · [2007] 7 S.C.R. 1157
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 835/2007
- Decided
- 21 June 2007
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, D.K. JAIN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34, 96
Headnote
B Penal Code, I 860: Section 96-Right if private defence-Nature, scope and ambit of- c Plea, when can be raised and mode of proof-Commencement and termination of right of private defence--Accused borrowed money from the deceased and not only effused to return the money but also denied having as a result of which the deceased died on the spot-Trial Court convicted the accused under Ss. 302, 307 and 323 rlw S. D 34-High Court negatived the plea of exercise of private defence raised by the accused-Correctness of-Held: An accused taking the plea of the right of private defence is not
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