Supreme Court of India

Bishnupada Sarkar & Anr. v. State of West Bengal

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Reported as [2012] 6 S.C.R. 230
Bench T.S. Thakur and Gyan Sudha Misra JJ.
Decided 2 July 2012

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that a rigorous sentence of three years to appellant no.1-Bishnu Poda Sarkar and seven years to appellant no.2-Madhab Sarkar would meet the ends of justice.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: s. 304 (Part I) rlw s.34 - Culpable homicide not amounting to murder - Verbal altercation between the victim-deceased and uncle of appellants - Next cfay, appel/a,nt no. 2, brother of appellant no. 1 called the son of the deceased outside his house near the drain and started beating him - When deceased intervened, appellant no.2 started beating the deceased with fists and blows - Appel/ant no. 1 was allegedly standing nearby and instigating him - Deceased succumbed to injuries inflicted - Trial court convicted both the appellants u/s.304 Part I rlw s.34 and sentenced to

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