Supreme Court of India

Hafiz v. State of U.P.

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Reported as [2005] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 952
Bench S.B. Sinha and R.V. Ra Veendran JJ.
Decided 4 October 2005

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Penal Code, 1860: Section 96-Right of private defence-Exercise of-One of the accused persons inflicted lathi blows on the head of the deceased-In the trial, the accused persons took the plea of right of private defence on the ground that the deceased intended to cause injuries to the accused persons with a sickle­ Trial court rejected the defence and convicted accused persons und1<r Section 302134-However, High Court accepted right of private defence but convicted the accused under S. 304 Part II on the ground that he had exceeded his right-But, the High Court acquitted the other three

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