Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 490 · Decided 9 July 2024
Vinod Jaswantray Vyas (Dead) Through LRS. v. The State of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 490 · [2024] 7 S.C.R. 365
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2038/2017
- Decided
- 9 July 2024
- Bench
- BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, SANDEEP MEHTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act
Headnote
The instant appeal is directed against the judgment dated 13.02.2017 passed by the Division Bench of the High Court, whereby, the Division Bench partly accepted the appeal preferred by the appellant accused-A1 and altered his conviction as recorded by the trial Court for under Section 302 of the Penal Code, 1860 to one under Section 304 Part I IPC. Penal Code, 1860 - Custodial torture - Death of victim - Acquittal of accused - Prosecution case that the two police officers i.e. A1 and A2, assaulted J in the confines of
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