Supreme Court · 1974 INSC 218 · Decided 30 October 1974
Sudershan Kumar v. The State of Delhi
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1974 INSC 218 · [1975] 2 S.C.R. 520
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 54/1971
- Decided
- 30 October 1974
- Bench
- KUTTYIL KURIEN MATHEW, N.L. UNTWALIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 326; CrPC Section 342
Headnote
Penal Codc-S. 300, Thirdly-Scope of When the deccastd declined to murry him the appellant who was her puram· our, thr~atened to kill her in a manner that she would have a lingering death. He carried out the threat by pouring acid over h,er when she was lying on a cot. The deceased who had 302 I.P.C. and sentenced hiD.1 to imprisonment for lifo. The High Court confirmed the conviction and senten.ce. On appeal it was contendt0d that the intention of the appellant was not. to kill the deceased but only to disfigure her and, therefore, the offence would fall under s. 304 part I or
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