Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 444 · Decided 2 September 2003
Vajrapu Sambayya Naidu and ORS. v. State of A.P. and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 444 · [2003] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 299
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 603/2002
- Decided
- 2 September 2003
- Bench
- N. SANTOSH HEGDE, B.P. SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34, 148, 149, 300, 304, 324, 447; CrPC Section 144
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860 : Sections 34, 148, 149, 300, 304 Part I, 324-Accused persons in possession of land-Rival party attempting to take possession of land by C force and assaulting accused persons with sharp cutting weapons-One of them killed in resistance offered by accused persons and injuries or property-Held, on facts, accused persons entitled to exercise of right of private defence of property as well as person-Nothing is an offence done in exercise of right of private defence-Death caused by cumulative D effect of all injuries to deceased and not by any single injury-No specific
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