Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 20 · Decided 8 January 2008
Sat Narain v. State of Haryana TH. Ministry of Home
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 20 · [2008] 1 S.C.R. 243
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 38/2008
- Decided
- 8 January 2008
- Bench
- C.K. THAKKER, DALVEER BHANDARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 307, 34; Evidence Act Section 105
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302 and 307 - Conviction under - Dispute between complainant party and accused leading to fatal shot to one c -< and injuries to others - Conviction by courts below-Accused taking plea of self defence - On appeal, held: Courts below rightly believed the injured witnesses - Complainant party were unarmed and were not i aggressors- Moreso, accused re-loaded the gun which proves D his intention to kill the complainant side - Thus, accused could -t- not have claimed the benefit of private defence-A/so, acquittal of others extending them benefit of doubt would not
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