Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 422 · Decided 3 October 2002
Sekar @ Raja Sekharan v. State REP. BY Inspector of Police, T. Nadu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 422 · [2002] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 113
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 155/2002
- Decided
- 3 October 2002
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, S.B. SINHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 304, 300
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860-Sections 302, 304 Part I, Exception IV to Section 300 and Sect/on 96-:-Murder and Culpable Homicide not amounting to murder-Right of private defence-Availability of-Altercation between parties C developing Into assault leading to death of one person-Accused taking plea /hat convicting accused under section 302 and sentencing him to life impr/sonmf!nt-Hlgh Court upholding conviction-On appeal held, courts below right in rejecting the plea since the accused inflicted a further blow on the deq(#ased. after deceased fell down-Since there was no pre-meditation and D
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