Supreme Court of India

Khanjan Pal v. State of U.P.

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Reported as [1990] 3 S.C.R. 606
Bench Kuldip Singh and M. Fathima Beevi JJ.
Decided 3 August 1990

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c Indian Penal Code, 1860: Sections 300, 302 and 304---Injury afflicted without intention to cause death-Acting on spur of moment without pre-meditation-Resulting in death-Conviction thereof- ---. Applicability of Section 304. The appellant was charged with the murder of a co-worker at the factory in which they were working. The Trial Court discarded the testimony of eye-witnesses and other circumstances and acquitted the appellant, by giving him the benefit of doubt. On appeal, the High Court accepted the testimony of the eye- witnesses and convicted the appellant under Section 302 IPC and

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