Supreme Court of India

Brij Lal v. State of Rajasthan

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Reported as [2016] 7 S.C.R. 176
Bench J.S. Khehar J.
Decided 17 August 2016

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, we find no merit even in the instant contention.

Judgment, page 21

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: s.302 - Murder - Prosecution case was that appellant and PW-15 were both employed in the same department - Appellant used to hurl abuses at PW-15 under the influence of liquor - .ue to this, PW-15 shifted and took house of PW-1 on rent - On the fateful day, appellant and co-accused armed with pistols came to the new residence of PW-15 and started hurling abuses at PW-15 and threatened to kill him - PW-I asked him to go away - Hearing commotion, the neighbours and co-villagers requested the appellant and co-accused to go away - Thereafter, appellant fired at the gathering -

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