Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 979 · Decided 4 July 2014
Richhpal Singh Meena v. Ghasi @ Ghisa & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 979 · [2014] 9 S.C.R. 857
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 341/2005
- Decided
- 4 July 2014
- Bench
- RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI, MADAN B. LOKUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 325134, 302134, 299, 304, 300, 72, 300(thirdly), 302
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 325134, 302134 - Homicide ...,... A B Conviction by trial court u/s.302134 - High Court altered C conviction to one u/s.325134 - Held: Assailants gave two /athi blows to the victim-deceased which fractured his ribs and pierced his lungs resulting in his death - The injuries - Assailants had a common intention of grievously injuring the deceased - The opinion D of the doctor confirmed that the injuries caused to the deceased were sufficient to cause death in the normal course - Consequently, the homicide was a culpable homicide - Assailants were guilty of
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