Supreme Court · 1967 INSC 286 · Decided 4 December 1967
State of Madhya Pradesh v. Ram Prasad
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1967 INSC 286 · [1968] 2 S.C.R. 522
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 92/1965
- Decided
- 4 December 1967
- Bench
- M. HIDAYATULLAH, S.M. SIKRI, K.S. HEGDE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 300(fourthly), 302
Headnote
MADRY A PRADESH v. RAM PRASAD December 4, 1967 [M. HIDAYATULLAH; S. M. S!KR! AND K. S. liEODE, 11.J Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860). s. 300 (Fourthly)-Scope of. Practice-Acquittal by Hi11h Court of accused of major offence alld convic1ion for lesser offence-Appeal against acqui'ttal to Supreme died as a result thereof. On the C question as t.o the nature of the offence. HELD : The accused must have kno"'1 that he was committing an act so imminently dangerous that it must in all probability cause death or such injury ac; v.·as likely .to cause death. As he had no excuse for
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