Supreme Court of India

Ramjit and Ors. v. State of U.P.

Neutral citation
Reported as [2009] 1 S.C.R. 184
Decided 12 January 2009

INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.

What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that appropriate conviction would be under Section 304 Part I read with Section 149 IPC. The conviction is accordingiy altered.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 - s.304 Part I rlw s. 149 - Death caused due to armed assault pursuant to sudden quarrel - Bull belonging to accused causing damage to standing crops on fields of complainant - Exchange of hot words and quarrel between the parties - While the quarrel was continuing, one accused went inside the house and within 2-3 minutes came out with other accused persons armed with various weapons and they all launched assault resulting in death of complainant's father - Conviction of accused-app_ellants ul s. 302 rlw s. 149 - Propriety of - Held: Not proper - Appropriate - conviction

Sign in free to read it

  • The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
  • The ratio: what the Court held, verbatim, with the page it sits on
  • Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
  • Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
  • Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing
Sign in to read - for free

An email address, no password.