Supreme Court of India
Khuman Singh v. State of Madhya Pradesh
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In the result, the conviction of the appellant under Secti on 3(2)(v) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevent ion of Atrocities) Act is set aside and he is acquitted of the said charge.
Judgment, page 8
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Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 – Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 – s.3(2)( v) – Murder – Prosecution case that when victim was cultivating t he field and grazing his cattle, appellant-accused came to the field of the victim and left his buffaloes for grazing – In a wordy alt ercation, the appellant hit the victim on his head with an axe due to which vi ctim fell down and later succumbed to injuries – FIR was registered against the appellant u/s. 302 IPC and u/s. 3(2)(v) of the SC/ ST(Prevention of Atrocities) Act – Trial Court convic ted appellant under
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