Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 887 · Decided 1 August 2008
Satya Narain Yadav v. Gajanand and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 887 · [2008] 11 S.C.R. 607
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 305/2001
- Decided
- 1 August 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 96, 302; CrPC Section 378; Evidence Act Section 105
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860; Ss.96-106; S.302 r/w s.149/Evidence A B Act, 1872; s. 105: C Assault and murder- Exercise of right of private defence - Trial Court convicted accused for committing offence pun­ ishable under s. 302 /PC and sentenced to life imprisonment - Reversed by High Court accepting that blows given by him were in exercise of right of private de- D fence - Correctness of - Held: Correct - No doubt, an ac­ cused has profound right not to be convicted for an offence which is not established by evidential standard of proof be­ yond reasonable doubt - Doubts are
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