Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 359 · Decided 18 April 2018
Shanker v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 359 · [2018] 6 S.C.R. 814
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1785/2011
- Decided
- 18 April 2018
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, S. ABDUL NAZEER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.302 - Prosecution case that the victim while attending a marriage, had altercation with some persons who threatened him and went away - They subsequently came back with more persons at night and assaulted the victim - Allegedly 11 persons crime - Victim was taken to police station and FIR was lodged, thereafter he died in the hospital - Trial Court acquitted 6 accused persons, however, remaining 5 persons were convicted u/ss.148,302/149 - Appeal dismissed by the High Court - Aggrieved, two accused persons,
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