Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 1034 · Decided 24 November 2023
Mariappan v. State REP. BY Inspector of Police
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 1034 · [2023] 15 S.C.R. 1074
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 3598/2023
- Decided
- 24 November 2023
- Bench
- VIKRAM NATH, RAJESH BINDAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 300, 324
Headnote
HEADNOTES Issue for consideration: On the day of incident, heated arguments took place between the two parties. During the quarrel, accused nos.1 and 2 stabbed victim multiple times with sooriknives, while accused no.3, though armed with a spade handle, did not infl ict injuries attack. The appellant-accused was convicted u/s. 302 IPC. Whether the acts of the accused would come under Exception 4 to s.300 IPC or would be an act of culpable homicide amounting to murder punishable u/s. 302. Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 and s.304 Part-I - Trial Court after examining
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