Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 634 · Decided 3 November 2004
Saravanan and ANR. v. State of Pondicherry
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 634 · [2004] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 890
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1070/1999
- Decided
- 3 November 2004
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, C.K. THAKKER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 149, 302, 34, 300
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860-Section 304 II read with section 34-Culpable homicide not amounting to murder-Conviction and sentence of three accused -However, others acquitted-High Court upheld the order-SLP -of one C accused dismissed-Plea of remaining accused that section 34 not applicable-On appeal held: that head injury sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death-Also there was no motive to cause death-Hence section 34 rightly applied by courts below for D convicting accused under section 304 II read with section 34 /PC. According to the prosecution, on the fateful day appellants
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