Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 563 · Decided 29 September 2004
Shivappa Budappa Kolkar @ Buddappagol v. State of Karnataka and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 563 · [2004] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 880
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 672/2002
- Decided
- 29 September 2004
- Bench
- P. VENKATARAMA REDDI, P.P. NAOLEKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 300, 34
Headnote
Penal Code,· 1860: Sections 300, 302 and 304 Part II-Murder-Injuries inflicted likely to cause death-But no intention to cause death-The decease<;/ objected to the bullock cart of the accused from proceeding further-Thereupon, accused inflicted injury with an axe on the occipital region of the skull bone-Trial court acquitted the accused- • But the High Court convicted the accused under S-302-Correctness oj­ Held: There was no premeditated or prearranged plan to attack the I deceased-No motive was established by the prosecution-Only one Injury was inflicted by the
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