Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 15 · Decided 12 January 2009
State of H.P. v. Ram Krishan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 15 · [2009] 1 S.C.R. 132
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 553/2002
- Decided
- 12 January 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 452, 427, 323
Headnote
132 A STATE OF H.P. v. RAM KRISHAN (Criminal Appeal No. 553 of 2002) B JANUARY 12, 2009 [DR. ARIJIT PASAYAT AND DR. MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA, JJ] Penal code, 1860: s. 302 - Accused hit deceased with a 'tr c stone on left side of his head and as a result deceased dropped dead and slipped down the hill - Court is D based on surmises and conjectures - Evidence was that death was due to head injury and not due to fall - Order of trial court restored. Prosecution case was that respondent-accused and E co-accused were drunk and came to the business premises of the deceased and asked for eatables.
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