Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 130 · Decided 4 February 2019
The State of Madhya Pradesh v. Kanha @ Omprakash
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 130 · [2019] 1 S.C.R. 1074
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1589/2018
- Decided
- 4 February 2019
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, M.R. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 307, 324
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss.307 and 324 - Conversion of conviction u/s.307 to s.324 - When perverse - As per prosecution, altercation took place between two parties - Respondent with intention to kill one 'DS', shot him with a fire-arm and caused right thigh - Respondent convicted u/s.307, IPC - High Court converted the conviction of the respondent from that u/s.307 to s.324, IPC - Propriety of - Held: Evidence establishes that the injuries were caused by a fire-arm - Multiplicity of wounds indicate that the
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