Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 558 · Decided 9 August 2011
Mahendra Singh v. State of Utiaranchal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 558 · [2011] 9 S.C.R. 1061
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 889/2006
- Decided
- 9 August 2011
- Bench
- H.S. BEDI, GYAN SUDHA MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; Arms Act
Headnote
PENAL CODE, 186'0: c s. 304 (Part-I) - Gunshot injury causing death of victim - Conviction u/s 302 cind sentence of life imprisonment awarded by courts below - Plea that the injury was caused during scuffle - HELD: Tl1e evidence of prosecution witnesses and the site plan indicating the shot to of 14-18 feet not supported by medical evidence . which sf1ows gunshot injuries one of entry with tattooing marks ' around it and the other of exit - Further, the accused also sustained injuries - It is, therefore, possible in the light of the evidence, that the accused had indeed been
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