Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 352 · Decided 23 July 2021
Lakshman Singh v. State of Bihar (Now Jharkhand)
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 352 · [2021] 6 S.C.R. 723
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 606/2021
- Decided
- 23 July 2021
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, M.R. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 327, 147, 323, 319
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 327 and 147 - Prosecution case was that on the day of general election PW-8 was issuing slips to the voters 200 yards away from pooling booth - Accused persons who belonged to another village came there armed with lathis, sticks and country made pistols and asked over voter list and on refusal by PW-8 started beating him with hands, fists, lathis and sticks - When PW-10, the brother of PW-8 came to rescue him, accused-'D' fired gun shot at PW-10 due to which he received pellet injuries - Accused-'A' fired at PW- 12
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