Supreme Court of India

State of Rajasthan v. Leela Ram @ Leela Dhar

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Reported as [2018] 13 S.C.R. 621
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and M. R. Shah JJ.
Decided 13 December 2018

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Penal Code, 1860: s.304 Part II – Conviction of responde nt under s.302 IPC – High Court modified his conviction to one unde r s.304 Part II – Prosecution case was that three pers ons including the respondent attacked the victim-deceased and cau sed serious injuries to him – Respondent inflicted an axe injury on the sk ull of the deceased which caused his death – Accused persons w ere tried for murder – Trial court convicted the respondent on th e basis of depositions of PW-1 to PW-4, the medical evidence and rec overy of blood stained axe at the behest of respondent, while acquit ted the

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