Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 39 · Decided 22 January 2002
Lehna v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 39 · [2002] 1 S.C.R. 377
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 733/2001
- Decided
- 22 January 2002
- Bench
- M.B. SHAH, B.N. AGRAWAL, ARIJIT PASAYAT (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 458, 324; CrPC Section 354(3), 360, 361, 367(5)
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860 : Section 302-Conviction based on evidence of injured eye witnesses­ Death sentence awarded by trial court--Confirmed by High Court-On appeal, C conviction upheld-However no ei•idence of diabolic planning to commit the crime though the act was cruel-On being deprived of indicate lack of sinister planning to commit murder-Hence death sentence not proper--Sentence modified to life imprisonment. D Section 324-Conviction under-Evidence of injured eye-witnesses­ Held, reliable--Conviction upheld in view thereof Section 458-Conviction under-Held since no finding
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