Supreme Court of India

Zahoor & Ors. v. State of U.P.

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Reported as [2011] 5 S.C.R. 881
Bench Harjit Singh Bedi and Chandramauli Kr. Prasad JJ.
Decided 26 April 2011

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Penal Code, 1860 _ - s. 304 (I) read with s. · 34 - De'ath due to gunshots - Three accused - Conviction -u/s. 302 and sentence of life imprisonment by the trial court- However, the High Court modified the conviction to one uls. 304 (/) · read with s. 34 on the ground that the matter related to a sudden qliarrel without pre-meditation - On appeal held: As_ regards two of the accused no overt act has been attributed to them - They did not cause any injury to the deceased or to anybody else and the only allegation against _them is that they had exhorted their co-accused to shoot at the deceased

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