Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 733 · Decided 9 July 2007
State of Karnataka v. Khatu@ Hanumantharaya
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 733 · [2007] 8 S.C.R. 189
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 995/2002
- Decided
- 9 July 2007
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P.P. NAOLEKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 304
Headnote
B ...... ,.,; Penal Code, 1860; Ss. 302 and 304 Part-II: Murder-Accused setting his brother-in-law on fire causing his death- c ;,__ Dying declaration-Trial Court found him guilty of committing the crime uls. 302 /PC and sentenced him accordingly-Conviction of the accused i altered to S.304 that by setting the deceased on fire, he had committed the crime that would result in the death of the deceased-.. Under the circumstances, High Court was not justified in altering the D -y conviction of the accused from s.302 /PC to s.304 Part-II /PC without assigning any reasons
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