Supreme Court of India

State of Rajasthan v. Santosh Savita

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Reported as [2013] 11 S.C.R. 765
Bench A.K. Patnaik and Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya JJ.
Decided 6 August 2013

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Penal Code, 1860 - s. 304 (Part II) - Prosecution for murder - Conviction u/s. · 302 by trial court and acquittal therefrom by the High Court - On appeal, held: In view of the two dying declarations implicating the accused, and the same having been corroborated by the circumstantial evidence regarding the recovery of articles and evidence of PWs 2, 3 and 8; the prosecution case is proved - However, in absence of proof regarding intention of the accused for causing death, the accused can be held guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder - His conviction altered to one u/s. 304 (Part

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