Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 80 · Decided 11 February 2021
Pravat Chandra Mohanty v. The State of Odisha & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 80 · [2021] 4 S.C.R. 407
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 125/2021
- Decided
- 11 February 2021
- Bench
- ASHOK BHUSHAN, AJAY RASTOGI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 324; CrPC Section 320(2)
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s. 324 - Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means - Two police officers mercilessly beat victim in the premises of the police station, who died the same night - Conviction of the accused u/s. 304 (Part II), s. 471/466, s. 342, s. 323 and High Court set aside the conviction u/s. 304 (Part II) r/w s. 34 and s. 342/34, and upheld their conviction u/s. 324/34, s. 323/34 and s. 471/34 - Appeal before this Court - Submissions of the accused that conviction u/s. 324 be compounded by this Court u/s. 320(2) Cr.P.C.; and that
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