Supreme Court of India

Singapagu Anjaiah v. State of Andhra Pradesh

Neutral citation
Reported as [2010] 7 S.C.R. 703
Bench G.S. Singhvi J.
Decided 6 July 2010

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4 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that in the facts found by the High court, it could not be said that accused 1 Gurmail Singh intended to cause that particular bodily injury which in fact was found to have been caused.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 - s.302,.... Death due to assault on head with a crow bar - Conviction of accused-appellant u/ s. 302 - Justification of - Held: Justified - Appellant chose crow bar as the weapon of offence - He further chose a vital part of the body i.e. head for causing the injury which had caused multiple fractures of skull - This clearly shows the­ force with which appellant had used the weapon - The cumulative effect of all these factors irresistibly lead to the conclusion that appellant intended to cause death of the victim. Eight accused including the appellant were put on trial for

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 3 relied on · 1 mentioned

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