Supreme Court of India
Bappa Alias Bapu v. The State of Maharashtra and Anr.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the aforesaid analysis the accused appellant has been rightly convicted for offence punishable under Section 307 !PC. F The residual question is whether a sentence of 10 years rigorous imprisonment is justified.
Judgment, page 4
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860-Section 307-Prosecution under--Conviction by Courts below on the basis of evidence of the injured-On appeal, heid: Conviction justified--Conviction under the Section can be justified if an intent complied with some overt act in execution thereof is present-It is not essential that the injury capable of causing death should' have been inflicted-There is distinction between the act of the accused and its result-However, sentence reduced to 5 years. It was alleged that appellant-accused, alongwith PW-10 had gone to watch cinema and while returning, he, all of a sudden stabbed
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