Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 124 · Decided 22 February 2013
Som Raj @ Soma v. State of H.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 124 · [2013] 4 S.C.R. 433
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1772/2008
- Decided
- 22 February 2013
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, J.S. KHEHAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860- s.302- Assault with deadly weapon A B on vital part of the body causing death of a person - Appellant inflicted blow with a 'darat' (agricultural implement having a C large cutting blade) on the back of the deceased's head - The blow proved to be fatal - Conviction of appellant - Appellant chose the sharp side of the 'darat' and not the blunt side - The ferocity with which the blow was struck clearly emerges from the fact that D the blow resulted in cutting through the skull of the deceased and caused a hole therein, resulting in exposing the brain tissue - It is not
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