Supreme Court of India
Nankaunoo v. State of U.P.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that it is a fit case where the conviction of the appellant under Section 302 !PC should be under Section 304 Part I IPC. 633 c 634 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2016] 4 S.C.R. A.
Judgment, page 7
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.302 - Murder - Victim-deceased barber by profession - Accused went to his shop for haircut - He insisted preference over other customers which victim refused and accused left the shop threatening the victim - In the evening when the victim went to the field to attend to nature :5 call, accused fired at him with his pistol - Gun shot hit on lower part of thigh of the victim - Deceased died of shock and hemorrhage later in hospital - Conviction by courts below u/s.302 - Appeal against conviction - Held: The weapon used and the manner in which attack was made and the injury
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Where later benches applied it
- 2018 State of Madhya Pradesh v. Chhaakki Lal and Another
- 2018 Gurwinder Singh @ Sonu Etc. v. State of Punjab and Anr.
- 2018 Bhaskarrao & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to
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