Supreme Court · 1976 INSC 221 · Decided 15 September 1976
State of Andhra Pradesh v. Rayavarapu Punnayya & Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1976 INSC 221 · [1977] 1 S.C.R. 601
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 214/1971
- Decided
- 15 September 1976
- Bench
- R.S. SARKARIA, S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 299, 300, 300(3)
Headnote
601 ST ATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH v. RAYAVARAPU PUNNAYYA & ANOTHER September 15. 1976 [R. S. SARKARIA AND S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI, .IJ.J Penal Code--Ss. 299 an4 300-Cu/pable homicide not amo1111ti11g to murder and Murder-Disti11ctio11-Tests to be applied in each case-s. 300, Thirdly i.P.C.-Scope of Jn characteristics of murder', is 'culpable A B .homicide not amounting to murder'. For the purpose of fixing punishment, pro- C portionate to the gravity of this generic offence, the Code practically recognises three degrees of culpable homicide. The first is, what may be called, culpable
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