Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 13 · Decided 5 January 2011
Mangesh v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 13 · [2011] 1 S.C.R. 72
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 14/2011
- Decided
- 5 January 2011
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, B.S. CHAUHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 307
Headnote
Penal code, 1860: s. 302 - Murder- Accused's sister had love affair with the victim-deceased which was not liked by the c accused - On the fateful day at odd hours, when accused saw the deceased with his sister, he assaulted him with a knife - Deceased died after three days - Concurrent findings with a knife which resulted in his death - Conviction uls.302 anrf .:1ward D of life sentence - On appeal, held: It was a clear cut case of loss of self control that the accused caused injuries to deceased - Blow was not with full force as was apparent from the medical evidence - Stabbing
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