Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 100 · Decided 28 January 2016
State of Rajasthan v. Ram Kailash Alias Ram Vilas
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 100 · [2016] 1 S.C.R. 49
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2454/2009
- Decided
- 28 January 2016
- Bench
- M.Y. EQBAL, ARUN MISHRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 300, 3, 25; CrPC Section 313; Arms Act Section 3, 25, 27
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 r/w ss. 3125 and 3127 ~f Arms Act, 1959 - Conviction under and sentence of life imprisonment and three years and seven years RI and fine with default clauses - By trial court - High Court converted the conviction u/s. 302 to u/s. 304 (Part I) holding that the accused did persons) he was causing harm - Reduced the sentence of life imprisonment to eight years RI - conviction under provisions of Arms Act, upheld - On appeal, held: Intention of accused for causing bodily injury which was likely to cause death was not disputed - The High Court altered the conviction
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