Supreme Court of India

Indrasan v. State of U.P.

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Reported as [2009] 9 S.C.R. 1127
Decided 6 July 2009

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Penal Code, 1860 - s. 304 (Part I) - Murder - By single lathi blow - Prosecution relying on version of eye-witnesses c and motive for assault - FIR lodged within reasonable time - Conviction by courts below u/s. 302 - On appeal, held: Intention of accused to cause death proved - However, it is a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder - ... Conviction altered to one u/s. 304(Part I) - Sentence of life imprisonment altered to custody of 1 O years. Appellant-accused was prosecuted for having caused death of one person by giving a lathi blow on his head. As per prosecution, PWs. 1, 2

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