Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 465 · Decided 3 July 2014
Santosh Kumar Singh v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 465 · [2014] 7 S.C.R. 928
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 410/2012
- Decided
- 3 July 2014
- Bench
- H.L. DATTU, S. J. MUKHOPADHAYA, M.Y. EQBAL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 307, 394, 397, 450
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302, 307, 394, 397 and 450 - C Conviction and sentence under - Accused assaulting the lady, her daughters and her son with iron hammer - Thereafter, looting gold jewellery and cash - As a result qf assault, the lady and f1er son succumbed to their injuries and - Conviction and sentence u/ss. o 302, 307, 394, 397 and 450 by courts below - Justification of - Held: Death of the lady and her son homicidal in nature - No contradiction in the statement of independent witnesses to memorandum of seizure - Jewellery looted by accused identified by family
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