Supreme Court · 1994 INSC 624 · Decided 23 December 1994
State of Karnataka v. Vedanayagam
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1994 INSC 624 · [1994] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 697
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 454/1988
- Decided
- 23 December 1994
- Bench
- M.M. PUNCHHI, K. JAYACHANDRA REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 300
Headnote
B Indian Penal Code 1860-Clause Thirdly a/Section 300 Scope-Single injury-Stabbing with dagger on left side of chest Injury found sufficient in ordinary course of nature to cause death-No pre meditation-Accused intended to cause that particular injury-Whether Clause Thirdly of Section 300 /PC of the High Court holding that the offence would come down to Section 304 P1trt II IPC and not one u/s 302 IPC. The deceased, who was son of P.W. l's sister, was living with his D mother PW 3. The accused developed illicit intimacy with the wife of PW 1. On the fateful day PW 3, the mother of
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