Supreme Court of India

C. R. Kariyappa v. State of Karnataka

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Reported as [2018] 11 S.C.R. 150
Bench R. Banumathi and Indira Banerjee JJ.
Decided 5 September 2018

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Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 325 and 326 – Voluntarily ca using grievous hurt – On facts, appellant-school teacher assaulted a second class student with wooden stick resulting in loss of eye sight on the left eye – Acquittal by the trial court on t he ground of contradictions in the evidence of eye witnesses, student being tutored before examination and delay in lodging of FIR – Ho wever, the High Court convicted the appellant u/s. 326 – On ap peal, held: Evidence of the injured student cannot be discarded on the ground that he was tutored about the occurrence before the examina tion – He was

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