Supreme Court of India

Raju @ Raj Kumar v. State of Rajasthan

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Reported as [2007] 5 S.C.R. 1156
Bench S.H. Kapadia and B. Sudershan Reddy JJ.
Decided 3 May 2007

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons, we find that the appellant herein was B convicted under Section 148 IPC; that, he was not convicted under Section 302 IPC; that he was sentenced for three years with fine in addition, one month sentence in default of fine; and that Raju @ Raj Kumar (appellant herein) has served sentence for three years commencing from 9.3.2004 ending on 8.3.2007.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: S.148--Conviction under, on the basis of post mortem report and evidence of eye witness that appellant was carrying knife and stabbed deceased on the chest-Knife and clothe:; recovered had stains of human blood-Hence, no infirmity in order of conviction under s.148. Administration of Criminal Justice: Conviction under s.148 !PC-State did not appeal against order of trial Court for convicting appellant under s.302 in addition to his conviction under s.148-Hence, appellant cannot be convicted under s.302 in appeal preferred by him. Prosecution case was that PW-4 along with his

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