Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 525 · Decided 21 November 2012
Kunjumon @ Unni v. State of Kerala
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 525 · [2012] 9 S.C.R. 1032
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 38/2009
- Decided
- 21 November 2012
- Bench
- SWATANTER KUMAR, MADAN B. LOKUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 397, 449, 411
Headnote
PENAL CODE, 1860: c ss.397 and 302 - Accused while committing robbery, causing injuries on head of a lady of 90 years, which resulted in her death - Held: In view of the facts that the accused dragged down a frail old lady of 90 years from her cot and caused injuries on her head with a wall clock, not intend the death of the victim or even did not know that his actions would result in her death - Courts below rightly convicted and sentenced the accused ulss 397 and 302. s. 449 - House trespass in order to commit offence E punishable with death - Accused while committing robbery caused
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