Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 325 · Decided 25 April 2014
Manjeet Singh v. State of Himachal Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 325 · [2014] 5 S.C.R. 796
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1695/2005
- Decided
- 25 April 2014
- Bench
- A.K. PATNAIK, S. J. MUKHOPADHAYA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 96, 302, 324, 96to106; CrPC Section 313; Arms Act Section 27
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 96 to' 106 - Things done in private defence.-:: Held.: ,Under s. 96, nothing is an offence, which is done in the exercise of the right of private defence ~ the extent' and limitations of the right of private defence is presc~ibed uls 96 to 106, /PC. Such a right can be the D unlawful action and not to retaliate - Neither the accused nor his two companions in the statements recorded uls 313 Cr.P. C., have stated that the deceased and his companions were the aggressors and that the accused was acting in exercise of the right of private defence - There is
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