Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 207 · Decided 3 March 2023
Premchand v. The State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 207 · [2023] 2 S.C.R. 119
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 211/2023
- Decided
- 3 March 2023
- Bench
- S. RAVINDRA BHAT, DIPANKAR DATTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 300, 302; CrPC Section 313(5), 313
Headnote
Penal Code,1860 - ss. 300,302 307 and 304 - The trial Court convicted the appellant for the offence of murder of the victim- deceased and attempt to murder three others - The judgment of the trial Court was challenged by the appellant by preferring appeal before the High Court On appeal, held: The trial court and the High Court did not consider written Statement (Ext. 96) of the appellant u/s 313(5) Cr.P.C. in its entirety, non-consideration of the same has made the conviction vulnerable to interference - Trial Court failed to appreciate the defence version
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