Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 1133 · Decided 14 September 2009
Satish Narayan Sawant v. State of Goa
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 1133 · [2009] 14 S.C.R. 464
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 854/2002
- Decided
- 14 September 2009
- Bench
- DALVEER BHANDARI, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 302, 323, 143, 147, 149, 34; CrPC Section 162, 157
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 304 (Part II) and 302 - Murder + c of one and injuries to others by accused persons - Acquittal by trial court u/ss. 302, 323, 143, 147 and 149- Set aside by High Court - Conviction of main accused uls. 302 and s(f!ntenced to life imprisonment - On appeal, held: Fatal injury and other injuries were superficial in D nature - There was no intention to kill or to inflict an injury of a particular degree of seriousness - There wasi provocation . -\. and incident happened at the spur of the moment - No delay in recording FIR nor in sending it to the magistrate - FIR
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