Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 696 · Decided 14 June 2007
Niranjan Singh v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 696 · [2007] 7 S.C.R. 1017
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 487/2001
- Decided
- 14 June 2007
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, B.P. SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 392, 397
Headnote
B ---; Pena! Code, 1860-s. 397-When attracted-Held : Any hurt which endangers life is a grievous hurt-Attempt to cause grievous hurt attracts s. 397 depending upon the facts of the case-Accused committed robbery by c giving knife blow on the chest of complainant just below the nipple- Considering prosecution case, on the fateful day, appellant-N and R, demanded money from B. When B refused, R inflicted one injury on his D right hand with knife and another injury on the left side of chest by knife and N snatched the money from B. Two persons witnessed the incident. Doctor conducted medical
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