Supreme Court · 1969 INSC 2 · Decided 7 January 1969
Sampat Singh v. State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1969 INSC 2 · [1969] 3 S.C.R. 228
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 146/1967
- Decided
- 7 January 1969
- Bench
- M. HIDAYATULLAH, G.K. MITTER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 342
Headnote
STATE OF RAJASTHAN January 7, 1969 (M. HIDAYATULLAH, C.J. AND G. K. MITTER, J.j Code of Criminal Procedure (Act 5 of 1898), s. 342-Non-confes­ )"iouill stare111ent of accused how far 1nay be relied on for purpose of ..,"011- i'iction. The appellant was tried for murder under s. 302 incident but accepted the appellant's ver­ sion in part whereby he claimed the right of self-defence. They howe\·er held on the facts that he had exceeded the right of self-defence and con­ victed him accordingly. In appeal before this Court it was contended that the accused's
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