Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 340 · Decided 3 August 2001
State of U.P v. Jhinkoo Nai
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 340 · [2001] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 266
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1077/1999
- Decided
- 3 August 2001
- Bench
- M.B. SHAH, DORAISWAMY RAJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302134, 302, 34, 307, 324
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 : Ss. 302134. 307134 and 324-Murder-Common intention to commit the C offence-Inference of-Murder by inflicting knife blows-Accused persons trying to rape the victim and on her resistance one of the accused murdering her and the other two injuring her father and mother-Pending and acquilling the third accused-Pending D appeal before High Court, the other co-accused also died-High Court altering the sentence of respondent-accused to one under Section 324 by holding that the act of knife blows by accused was his individual acts-Held, not justified­ Conviction and
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