Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 799 · Decided 7 September 2018
Maqbool v. The State of Uttar Pradesh and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 799 · [2018] 12 S.C.R. 885
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1143/2018
- Decided
- 7 September 2018
- Bench
- KURIAN JOSEPH, SANJAY KISHAN KAUL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Leave Granted & Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 326A, 326B
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss.326A and 326B - Offence under, whether attracted, if the injury in an acid attack is simple - Plea of appellant for discharge u/s.326A on the ground that the injury caused was simple as per the medical report hence, he cannot be charged u/s.326A, rejected the percentage or gravity of injury, which makes the difference - Be it simple or grievous, if the injury falls under the specified eight types u/s.326A on account of use of acid, the offence u/s.326A is attracted - Merely because the title to s.326A speaks about grievous hurt by use
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