Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 1183 · Decided 10 December 2018
Shanthamalleshappa v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 1183 · [2018] 14 S.C.R. 1152
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1583/2018
- Decided
- 10 December 2018
- Bench
- UDAY UMESH LALIT, R. SUBHASH REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 436, 34
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.436 r/w. s.34 - Prosecution case was that accused no. 1 along with accused no.2 to 4 threw kerosene oil on the thatched shed situated in front of the house of PW-1(sister- in-law of accused no.1) and after setting it fled away from the scene on motor cycles - Trial Court convicted all the four accused u/s. 436 r/w. s.34 of IPC and imposed fine of Rs.10,000/- on accused no.1 and imposed a fine of Rs.5000/- on accused nos.2 to 4 - High Court enhanced the sentence on accused no.1 to simple
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