Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 1198 · Decided 13 December 2018
State of Rajasthan v. Leela Ram @ Leela Dhar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 1198 · [2018] 13 S.C.R. 621
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1441/2013
- Decided
- 13 December 2018
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, M.R. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 302
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.304 Part II - Conviction of respondent under s.302 IPC - High Court modified his conviction to one under s.304 Part II - Prosecution case was that three persons including the respondent attacked the victim-deceased and caused serious injuries to him - skull of the deceased which caused his death - Accused persons were tried for murder - Trial court convicted the respondent on the basis of depositions of PW-1 to PW-4, the medical evidence and recovery of blood stained axe at the behest of respondent, while acquitted the other two
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