Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Penal Code 1860 |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Allowed |
Headnote | Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 300 Exception (4), 304 (Part I) - Prosecution of 3 accused u!s. 302 and 302134 IPC - Conviction and life sentence by courts below - On appeal, held: Evidence of eye-witness/complainant is reliable - It is further corroborated by 4 other eye-witnesses and medical evidence - Recovery of weapons from the three accused also substantiated prosecution case - The prosecution has thus established that the appellants-accused are responsible for the homicidal death of the deceased - However, the incident occurred due to a sudden fight and thus falls under Exception (4) of s. 300 - It is evident from nature of injuries that the accused had intention as well as knowledge to cause the injuries and hence the case would fall under Part I of s. 304 - Therefore, the conviction is altered from s. 302134 to s. 304 (Part I) - Sentence of the accused persons reduced to the period already undergone i.e. 9 years 11 months. s. 304 (Part I) and (Part 11) - Applicability of - Held: In a case when there is intent as well as knowledge to cause murder and bodily injury, it will fall under Part I of s. 304 and if it is only a case of knowledge and not the intention, the case would fall under Part II of s. 304. Evidence: G Related witness - Evidentiary value of - Held: Evidence of related witness cannot be discarded for the sole reason that it is related or interested - However, the court should scrutinize the evidence of such witness with care, as a rule of prudence and not as a rule of law. Hostile witness - Evidentiary value of - Held: Merely because a witness/witnesses have turned hostile in part, their evidence cannot be rejected in toto - Such evidence can be accepted to the extent their version is found dependable - The court to examine such evidence more cautiously. |
Judge | Hon'ble Ms. Justice R. Banumathi |
Neutral Citation | 2017 INSC 141 |
Petitioner | Arjun And Anr. Etc. Etc. |
Respondent | State Of Chhattisgarh |
SCR | [2017] 2 S.C.R. 298 |
Judgement Date | 2017-02-14 |
Case Number | 206-207 |
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