Supreme Court of India

Laxminath v. State of Chhattisgarh

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Reported as [2009] 1 S.C.R. 348

Bench Dr. Arijit Pasayat and Dr. Mukundakam Sharma JJ.

Decided 16 January 2009

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PENAL CODE, 1860: c S.302, 324 - Murder - Conviction - Upheld by High Court - On appeal, Held: Considering the factual scenario and the fact that one arrow was shot the offence is covered by S.304 Part I /PC and not S.302 /PC - Hence conviction altered from S.302 /PC to S.304 Part I /PC - Custodial ,. . sentence of eight years would meet the ends of justice. S.304 Part I - Applicability of. S.299, 300 - Points of distinction between the two offences - Discussed. In this appeal, the question for consideration was whether in view of the peculiar fact that only one arrow "f was shot from a

Authorities it was built on

1976 State of Andhra Pradesh v. Rayavarapu Punnayya & Another cited by 62
2004 Thangaiya v. State of Tamil Nadu cited by 22
2003 Augustine Saldanha v. State of Karnataka cited by 17

Where later benches applied it

2009 Balkar Singh v. State of Utiarakhand referred to

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