Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 30 · Decided 12 January 2005
Mathai v. State of Kerala
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 30 · [2005] 1 S.C.R. 450
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 89/2005
- Decided
- 12 January 2005
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, S.H. KAPADIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 320, 325, 326; CrPC Section 401
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: Ss. 320, 325 and 326-Accused causing injury to victim with a stone- C Conviction u!s 326 by courts below- 'Grievous hurt'- 'Dangerous weapon'­ Connotation of-Held, injury caused was covered under 'grievous hurt'­ Considering the size of the stone, it cannot be said that a hurt' as occurring in s.326 /PC-Connotation of The appellant-accused was prosecuted on the charges that he hit PW I with a stone causing lacerated wound over the left posterior region of the head and fracture of left upper incisor tooth of the victim. The trial E court convicted and
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