Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 142 · Decided 31 March 1999
Suresh Singh and ORS. v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 142 · [1999] 2 S.C.R. 290
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 336/1993
- Decided
- 31 March 1999
- Bench
- G.B. PATTANAIK, M.B. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 97, 99, 302, 304, 148, 149, 324, 325; CrPC Section 161
Headnote
Criminal Law-Right of Private Defence-Indian Penal Code Ss. 97, 99, 302, 304 P,art I-Accused chased by deceased-Deceased done to death 11 Om away from his house with sharp weapons r~sulting in five incised C wounds-Held, accused exceeded their right of private defence; acquitted of charge of (SS, MS and CP) were charged and tried for the offences of forming an unlawful assembly and D committing the murder of the deceased and injuring three others. The sessions Judge acquitted four of the accused persons. Of the remaining six persons, three more were acquitted by the High
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