Supreme Court of India

State of U.p v. Jhinkoo Nai

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Reported as [2001] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 266
Bench M.B. Shah and Doraiswamy Raju JJ.
Decided 3 August 2001

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the appeal filed by the State is allowed, the impugned order passed by the High Court is quashed and set-aside and the order passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Azamgarh convicting the respondent for the offence punishable under Section 302 read with 34 IPC and Section 307 F read with 34 IPC is restored.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 : Ss. 302134. 307134 and 324-Murder-Common intention to commit the offence-Inference of-Murder by inflicting knife blows-Accused persons trying to rape the victim and on her resistance one of the accused murdering her and the other two injuring her father and mother-Pending trial, one of the accused died-Trial Court convicting two of the accused for offences under SectiOns 302134 and 307134 and acquilling the third accused-Pending appeal before High Court, the other co-accused also died-High Court altering the sentence of respondent-accused to one under Section 324 by holding

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