Supreme Court of India
Som Raj @ Soma v. State of H.P.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that the appellant could not be convicted for having committed murder of the deceased Narinder Singh.
Judgment, page 18
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860- s.302- Assault with deadly weapon on vital part of the body causing death of a person - Appellant inflicted blow with a 'darat' (agricultural implement having a large cutting blade) on the back of the deceased's head - The blow proved to be fatal - Conviction of appellant uls.302 - Justification of - Held: Justified - Appellant chose the sharp side of the 'darat' and not the blunt side - The ferocity with which the blow was struck clearly emerges from the fact that the blow resulted in cutting through the skull of the deceased and caused a hole therein, resulting in exposing
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- 2018 State of Rajasthan v. Leela Ram @ Leela Dhar
- 2020 Stalin v. State Represented by the Inspector of Police
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