Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 693 · Decided 8 October 2013
Kunwar Pal v. State of Uttarakhand
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 693 · [2013] 10 S.C.R. 239
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1643/2013
- Decided
- 8 October 2013
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, S.A. BOBDE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304
Headnote
A B Penal Code, 1860 - s. 304 (Part II) - Prosecution and conviction of accused u/s. 304 by courts below - On appeal, held: The Intention of the acused to kill the deceased not C proved beyond reasonable doubt - However, it can be held that he had knowledge that his act was likely to cause death - (Part II) - Sentence of life imprisonment reduced to 7 years. Appellant-accused was prosecuted for killing one person. The prosecution case was that the appellant­ accused alongwith three others, had gone wit~ 3 double barrel guns to a marriage ceremony. Due to negligent firing, a cartridge
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