Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 478 · Decided 17 July 2013
Nagappan v. State BY Inspector of Police, Tamil Nadu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 478 · [2013] 8 S.C.R. 99
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1533/2009
- Decided
- 17 July 2013
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, JASTI CHELAMESWAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.302 rlw s.34 - Murder- On account A B of previous enmity - Four accused - Eye-witness account of PWs 1 and 3 - As per prosecution case, A-1 and A-2 were C armed with knives, A-4 was armed with iron rod whereas A-3 was holding a stick- Doctor (PW-10), who conducted the post died due to head injuries - Trial court convicted A-1 to A-4 uls. 302 r/w s.34 /PC - High Court confirmed the conviction - On appeal by A-3, held: PWs D 1 & 3 asserted that A-1 and A-2 caused cut injuries to the deceased using knives - But PWs 1 & 3 did not specifically state whether
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