Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 2 · Decided 5 January 2021
Murali v. State REP. BY the Inspector of Police
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 2 · [2021] 1 S.C.R. 201
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 24/2021
- Decided
- 5 January 2021
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, SURYA KANT, ANIRUDDHA BOSE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 324, 241, 307, 341, 147, 148, 352, 323; CrPC Section 320
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.320 - Compounding of offence under ss.307, 324 - Prosecution case was that fifteen years ago, over a volleyball match, verbal altercation took place between victim-injured and original accused no.3 and 5 who after sometime cornered the victim along him - Appellant-M struck the victim on his head with a hockey stick and appellant-R tied to kill him by giving a neck blow with sharp edged object and in the process, left hand of the victim and the thumb and finger of his right hand got severed - Trial court held appellant-M guilty
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