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Vutukuru Lakshmaiah v. State of Andhra Pradesh

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Reported as [2015] 4 S.C.R. 750
Bench Dipak Misra and N.V. Ramana JJ.
Decided 24 April 2015

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered opinion that it is not a fit case where the offence under Section 302 IPC should be converted to Section 304 Part I IPC. G.

Judgment, page 20

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1 B60 - ss. 302, 14B, 324 and 3241149 - Murder - Previous animosity between the parties - On the fateful day, accused persons armed with weapons stabbed the victim multiple times who succumbed to his injuries 0 three days later - PW1 escaped the assault - Conviction of 1 to A5 and 7 to A9 for offences punishable u/ss. 148 and 302 and conviction of A2 to A5 u/s. 324 and A5 uls. 3241 149 on the basis of the testimony of the eye-witnesses-PW 2 and PW 3 and the dying declaration of the victim - Acquittal of A4, AB and A9 by High Court but conviction of other accused upheld - On

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