Supreme Court of India

Jagat Singh v. State of H. P.

Neutral citation
Reported as [2011] 1 S.C.R. 1
Bench Harjit Singh Bedi, P. Sathasivam and Chandramauli Kr. Prasad JJ.
Decided 3 January 2011

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What the Court ordered

We hold that at the most, the appellant could be held under Section 323 IPC D for causing hurt on the body of the deceased.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: c s. 323 - Altercation between two sides over a land dispute - Free fight between them - One person on complainant's side died of 'Gatra' injuries inflicted by two out of the four accused - Complainant as also the accused received injuries - Acquittal by trial court - Appeal by State - One accused died pending appeal - High Court convicting one of the accused u/ss 302 and 307 rlw s.34 /PC and acquitting the remaining two - HELD: Trial Court has rightly observed that a free fight had taken place in which_,members of both the sides got injured and one died - Considering the

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