Supreme Court of India

Roy Fernandes v. State of Goa and Ors.

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Reported as [2012] 1 S.C.R. 477

Bench Asok Kumar Ganguly and T.S. Thakur JJ.

Decided 1 February 2012

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What the Court ordered

In the result, we allow this appeal in part, set aside the B conviction and sentence awarded to the appellant under Section 302 read with Section 149 of the IPC and acquit the appellant of that charge.

Judgment, page 27

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: ss. 143, 148, 323, 325 and 302 rlw s.149 - Death by stabbing - Victim-deceased, President of the 'Chapel and others had gone to the Chapel with tools to put a fence around the Chapel - 'R' raised objection and called appellant whereafter appellant and other accused ,reached the spot - Appellant gave blow on the face of deceased and as a result the deceased fell down - Accused no.2 took out a knife and gave a stab on the thigh of the deceased which led to profuse bleeding resulting in his death - Trial court convicted all the five accused ulss. 143, 148, 323, 325 and 302 rlw

Authorities it was built on

2002 Gangadhar Behera and Ors. v. State of Orissa cited by 21
1989 Lalji & Ors. v. State of U.P. cited by 12
2005 Bishna@ Bhiswadeb Mahato and Ors. v. State of West Bengal cited by 11
1988 Hari Kishan & Anr. v. Sukhbir Singh & Ors. cited by 9
1974 Khem Karan and Others v. The State of U.P. and Another cited by 3
1975 Dharam Pal & Ors. v. The State of U.P. cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2023 Naresh @ Nehru v. State of Haryana relied on
2015 Inder Singh & Ors. v. State of Rajasthan relied on
2013 State of Rajasthan v. Shiv Charan & Ors. relied on
2012 Gurmail Singh v. State of Punjab & Anr. relied on
2014 Hakkim v. State Represented by Deputy Superintendent of Police referred to
2023 Surendra Singh v. State of Rajasthan and Anr. not applicable

Of those, 4 relied on · 1 referred to · 1 not applicable

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