Supreme Court of India

Rampal Singh v. State of Up

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Reported as [2012] 7 S.C.R. 160

Bench Swatanter Kumar and Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla JJ.

Decided 24 July 2012

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From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 - s. 304 Part I Is. 302 - Death of person c due to gunshot injury - Classification of the offence - Determination of appropriate penal provision - Deceased had constructed a 'ladauri' - Accused-appellant broke the 'ladauri' and started throwing garbage on the vacant land of deceased - This led to altercation between the appellant and the 0 deceased and they also grappled with eac/:1 other - Appellant went to his house, took out a rifle and from a roof in the neighbourhood, shot at the deceased which ultimately resulted in his death - Conviction of appellant u/s.302 with life

Authorities it was built on

1976 State of Andhra Pradesh v. Rayavarapu Punnayya & Another cited by 62
1989 Food Corporation of India v. Joginderpal Mohinderpal cited by 4
2007 Vineet Kumar Chauhan v. State of U.P. cited by 4
2011 Ajitsingh v. State of Punjab cited by 3
2007 Phulia Tudu and Anr. v. The State of Bihar (now Jharkhand) cited by 2
2002 Abdul Waheed Khan @ Waheed and Ors. v. State of Andhra Pradesh cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2025 Chunni Bai v. State of Chhattisgarh relied on
2023 Mariappan v. State Rep. by Inspector of Police relied on
2023 N. Ramkumar v. The State Rep. by Inspector of Police referred to
2022 Dauvaram Nirmalkar v. State of Chhattisgarh referred to
2013 Khachar Dipu @ Dilipbhai Nakubhai v. State of Gujarat referred to

Of those, 2 relied on · 3 referred to

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