Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 19 · Decided 12 January 2009
Ramjit and ORS. v. State of U.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 19 · [2009] 1 S.C.R. 184
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 40/2009
- Decided
- 12 January 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 148, 302, 149
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.304 Part I rlw s. 149 - Death caused C due to armed assault pursuant to sudden quarrel - Bull belonging to accused causing damage to standing crops on fields of complainant - Exchange of hot words and quarrel between the parties - While the quarrel was continuing, one accused 2-3 minutes came D out with other accused persons armed with various weapons and they all launched assault resulting in death of complainant's father - Conviction of accused-app_ellants ul s. 302 rlw s. 149 - Propriety of - Held: Not proper - Appropriate - conviction would be under s.304 Part
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)