Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 476 · Decided 27 April 2007
Rajpal and Anr v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 476 · [2007] 5 S.C.R. 757
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 639/2007
- Decided
- 27 April 2007
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34, 302; CrPC Section 161, 313
Headnote
B i Penal Code, 1860; Ss. 34 & 302/Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; _... s. 313: Murder-Right to private defence-Held: Accused allegedly gave a c lathi blow and a pharsi blow on the head of the deceased-A pharsis causes an incised wound, however, no incised wound found on the body of the version-Accused admitting that they did attack the deceased but they did so in their self-defence- D Prosecution failed to explain the injury on the accused -Non-explanation of injuries is certainly an important circumstance which has to be taken into consideration by the Court while deciding
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