Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 497 · Decided 11 May 2018
Kumar v. State Represented BY Inspector of Police
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 497 · [2018] 5 S.C.R. 343
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 409/2017
- Decided
- 11 May 2018
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, S. ABDUL NAZEER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 324
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302 and 324 - Conviction by courts below - Prosecution case was that the appellant-accused and the victim-deceased had a verbal spat - On fateful day, appellant came to spot and picked up fight with PW-1 - In the process of interference to prevent appeared at the spot, the appellant pushed him into the canal and hit him with wooden log on his head - Villagers prevented the appellant from assaulting deceased thereby causing injuries to him - Both appellant and the deceased were shifted to hospital where deceased
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