Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1317 · Decided 19 November 2008
Moorthy v. State of Tamil Nadu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1317 · [2008] 16 S.C.R. 271
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 578/2001
- Decided
- 19 November 2008
- Bench
- DALVEER BHANDARI, H.S. BEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304; CrPC Section 313
Headnote
... Penal Code, 1860: s.304(Part I) - Appellant and other accused persons stabbed deceased resulting in his death - c Statement of appellant under s.313 Cr.P.C. that deceased attempted to murder him with knife and during course of struggle even he sustained injuries in self defence - Acquittal by Court under s.304(Part I) - lntetierence with - Held: Deceased received 20 incised injuries caused on various parts of his body in general and D ' on vital parts of his body in particular - Injuries on appellant 't were very minor and supetiicial in nature - Trial Court erred in acquitting
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