Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 65 · Decided 19 January 2016
Nankaunoo v. State of U.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 65 · [2016] 4 S.C.R. 627
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 46/2016
- Decided
- 19 January 2016
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, A.K. SIKRI, R. BANUMATHI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 300, 1
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.302 - Murder - Victim-deceased barber by profession - Accused went to his shop for haircut - He insisted preference over other customers which victim refused and accused left the shop threatening the victim - In the evening when the victim went to the field to attend to nature - Gun shot hit on lower part of thigh of the victim - Deceased died of shock and hemorrhage later in hospital - Conviction by courts below u/s.302 - Appeal against conviction - Held: The weapon used and the manner in which attack was made and the injury was inflicted due to premeditation clearly
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