Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 407 · Decided 2 July 2013
Sheo Shankar Singh v. State of U.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 407 · [2013] 8 S.C.R. 1100
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1020/2004
- Decided
- 2 July 2013
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, F.M. IBRAHIM KALIFULLA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34, 379; CrPC Section 157
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860- s.302 rlw s.34 - Murder- Common C intention - Death caused by firing gunshots - Four accused including the appellants - Conviction of second appellant with the aid of s.34 - Challenged - Held: All the four accused opened fire towards the deceased, who started to run and after two of the accused continued to fire pursuant o to which the deceased fell down and finally, one of them ensured that the deceased lost his breath - Therefore, invoking of s. 34 /PC against the second appellant fully justified. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.157 - Delay in E sending FIR to
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