Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 802 · Decided 30 November 2021
Vinod Kumar v. Amritpal @ Chhotu & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 802 · [2021] 11 S.C.R. 954
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1519/2021
- Decided
- 30 November 2021
- Bench
- AJAY RASTOGI, ABHAY S. OKA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 300, 147, 364, 302, 149, 201, 323
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.300 thirdly - Prosecution case was that respondent 1 to 5-accused were guilty of killing victim-deceased - Trial court convicted respondents-accused inter alia for offence punishable u/ss.302/149 - High Court altered conviction u/s.302 to one u/s.304 Part injuries caused to deceased were on non-vital parts of the body and, therefore, there was no intention on part of accused to kill the deceased - High Court further observed that the accused took deceased to a doctor which showed that there was no intention on their part to kill the
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