Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 7 · Decided 6 January 2014
M.B. Suresh v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 7 · [2014] 1 S.C.R. 99
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 985/2007
- Decided
- 6 January 2014
- Bench
- C.K. PRASAD, J.S. KHEHAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 114, 427, 27, 299, 307; Arms Act Section 25, 27
Headnote
PENAL CODE, 1860: A B c ss. 299, 302 and 307 - Victim shot at from a distant range - Death of victim on the way to village - Acquittal by trial court - Conviction by High Court uls 302 of accused who fired the shots - Held: The doctor, who conducted post­ mortem examination, found no internal was fired from a distant range - He further opined that death was caused because of shock but he has not stated that it was due to the injuries caused by appellant or that deceased profusely bled which could have caused shock - It is not shown that the injuries found on the person of the E
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