Supreme Court of India
The State of Rajasthan v. Kanhaiya Lal
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, we allow this appeal, Set aside the impugned Judgement of the High Court and restore the judgment of the Trial Court convicting the accused under Section 302 of the IPC. The respondent- accus ed is sentenced to suffer imprisonment for life as per the Judgement of the learned Trial Court.
Judgment, page 10
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302 and 304 Part I – Murder – Victim attacked by accused on his head by an axe, succumbe d to his injuries – Conviction and sentence of the accused fo r the offence punishable u/s. 302 by the trial court, however, altered by the High Court to s. 304 Part I on the ground that the victim died of a s ingle injury caused on his head by the accused by an axe; that there was no repeated injury; and that the victim and the acc used had an altercation and there was no intention for the accused – Interfe rence with – Held: Reasoning given by the High Court while converting the
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