Supreme Court of India
Triloki Nath and Ors. v. State of U.P.
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We are of the opinion that the Appellants and the other accused cannot be said to have formed a common object to kill any person, or to make an attempt in that behalf in view of the manner in which the occurrence took place.
Judgment, page 29
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860: Section 99-Right of private defence-Exercise of-Extent Complainants piled up wood on the plot belonging to the accused on the occasion of 'Holika Dehan'-The complainants were chased away from the plot-Accused, apprehending injury, killed the deceased-Incident took place 300 paces from the plot-Trial court convicted the accused under S. 302- High Court affirmed the conviction rejecting the plea of private defence raised by the accused-Correctness of-Held: Accused must show the existence of grounds that death or grievous hurt would be caused to him-Even in such cases the
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