Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 1279 · Decided 13 April 2017
Vaneet Mahajan v. State of Punjab & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 1279 · [2017] 3 S.C.R. 1007
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 718/2017
- Decided
- 13 April 2017
- Bench
- A.K. SIKRI, ASHOK BHUSHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 307, 326; CrPC Section 173
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s. 307 - Attempt to murder - Framing of charge u/s. 307 - On facts, the High Court deleted charge ji-amed A B u/s. 307 while maintaining the charge in respect of other offences - C Sustainability of - Held: Approach of the High Court is clearly unsustainable - In the cha/Ian incident, it was categorically recorded on the basis of the statement of the complainant that 10-12 persons armed with swords, baseball, etc. suddenly attacked the victims in a car, by smashing the front, backside and driving side glass of the car - Appellant D and other victim suffered grievous
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