Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 695 · Decided 13 June 2007
State of Madhya Pradesh v. Sewa Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 695 · [2007] 7 S.C.R. 1014
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1275/2001
- Decided
- 13 June 2007
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, B.P. SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860-s.304 (Part 1/)-Sub-lnspector subjecting person in '< custody to kicks and slaps on his vital parts resulting in his death-Conviction c under s.304 (Part //)-Acquittal by High Court-Held: Justified, since medical evidence clearly shows that there was no external or internal evidence-Evidence. According to the prosecution case, when the deceased was in police .... D custody, he was slapped and kicked on his vital parts by respondent-SRO, .}Vhich resulted in his death. Trial Court relying on the evidence of PW 6, convicted and sentenced the respondent under
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