Supreme Court of India

Rizan and Another v. State of Chhatisgarh, through the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Chhatisgarh, Raipur, Chhatisgarh

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Reported as [2003] 1 S.C.R. 457

Bench Shivaraj V. Patil and Arijit Pasayat JJ.

Decided 21 January 2003

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From the headnote

Penal Code, J 860: Ss. 32 3 and 326-Conviction under by courts below rejecting plea of private defence by accused-On appeal, held-In the facts of the case plea of private defence not proved-Hence conviction justified. Sections 96, 97, 98, JOO and JOI-Right to private defence-Proof of Held, in order to find availability of private defence the injuries received by the accused, the imminence of threat to his safety, the injuries caused by him and the circumstances whether the accused had time to have recourse to public authorities are relevant factors to be considered-Exercise of private

Authorities it was built on

1957 Vadivelu Thevar v. The State of Madras cited by 67
2002 Sekar @ Raja Sekharan v. State Rep. by Inspector of Police, T. Nadu cited by 26

Where later benches applied it

2022 Ex. Ct. Mahadev v. The Director General, Boarder Security Force & Ors. relied on
2019 Rohtas & Anr. v. The State of Haryana relied on
2014 Sheesh Ram and Ors. v. The State of Rajasthan relied on
2022 Uttam v. The State of Maharashtra referred to
2018 Rupinder Singh Sandhu v. State of Punjab & Others referred to
2012 Anand Mohan v. State of Bihar mentioned

Of those, 3 relied on · 2 referred to · 1 mentioned

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