Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 1306 · Decided 16 June 2022
Major Singh v. State of Punjab & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 1306 · [2022] 6 S.C.R. 800
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2405/2014
- Decided
- 16 June 2022
- Bench
- A.S. BOPANNA, VIKRAM NATH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 302; CrPC Section 207
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.304 Part II - Distinction between culpable homicide amounting to murder and culpable homicide not amounting to murder - Held: There is a subtle distinction of degree of intention and knowledge involved in both the crimes - Intention is pivotal to decide has committed culpable homicide amounting to murder or culpable homicide not amounting to murder - Along with intention, knowledge and the degree of crime, i.e. how the deceased was killed, plays an important role in deciding - In the present case, the accused-appellant had no
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