Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 503 · Decided 30 July 2013
State of M.P. v. Mohan & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 503 · [2013] 7 S.C.R. 802
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1052/2013
- Decided
- 30 July 2013
- Bench
- K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, PINAKI CHANDRA GHOSE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 307, 319, 320
Headnote
• Penal Code, 1860: s.307 read with s.319 - Attempt to murder- Ingredients of - Explained - Held: A gun shot, as in the instant case, may miss the vital part of the body and may result in a lacerated wound, that itself is sufficient to attract s. 307 - High Court 0 is, therefore, in error in that the injury was not on the vital part of the body - Sentence/ Sentencing. Sentence/Sentencing: E Trial court sentencing the accused to 3 years RI u/s 307 /PC for causing gun shot injuries to victims - High Court reducing the sentence to period already undergone - Held: In spite of various
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