Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 691 · Decided 1 August 2017
Rajkishore Purohit v. State of Madhya Pradesh and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 691 · [2017] 7 S.C.R. 501
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1292/2017
- Decided
- 1 August 2017
- Bench
- RANJAN GOGOI, NAVIN SINHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
501 RAJKISHORE PUROHIT v. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS (Criminal Appeal No. 1292 of2017) AUGUST 01, 2017 [RANJAN GOGOi AND NAVIN SINHA, JJ.J Penal Code, 1860: A B ss.302134 - Political rivalry - Four accused - Deceased C campaigning for removal of accused - Accused annoyed with the deceased while others provided cover - Trial court convicted A-2 uls.302 while convicting others u/ss.302134 - Acquittal of accused-respondent D no.2 by High Court on the ground that no overt act of assault was attributed to him and that he was not armed - Appeal against acquittal by brother of
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)