Supreme Court of India
State of Rajasthan v. Islam
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What the Court ordered
For the reasons aforesaid, this Court cannot approve the judgment of the High Court insofar as conversion of conviction in respect of respondent no. 1 from Section 302 to F Section 304 Part-II is concerned.
Judgment, page 11
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302 and 304 (Part-II) - Accused hit the victim on his head with deadly weapon, resulting in his death - Convicted u/s. 302 and sentenced to life imprisonment by trial court - High Court converted the sentence from s. 302 to s. 304 (Part-II) as accused had already undergone detention for more than six years - On appeal held: Order of conversion of sentence not justified - In the background of the consistent evidence, it cannot be said that accused had no intention to kill the deceased - There was some pre-meditation on the part of accused when he went to his house after
Where later benches applied it
- 2019 Ashish Jain v. Makrand Singh and Ors.
- 2018 Menoka Malik and Others v. The State of West Bengal and Others
- 2020 Basheera Begam v. Mohammed Ibrahim & Ors.
- 2019 Central Bureau of Investigation & Anr v. Mohd. Parvez Abdul Kayuum Etc
Of those, 2 relied on · 2 referred to
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