Supreme Court of India

State of Rajasthan v. Mehram & Ors.

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Reported as [2020] 5 S.C.R. 234
Bench A. M. Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari JJ.
Decided 6 May 2020

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid discussion, ac cused persons have been proved to be the aggressor, therefore, first revolving lathi by Mangilal after having surrounded, it cannot be said that Mangilal was assailants.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 – Conversion of conviction from s.302 IPC to s.326 IPC – The complainant’s case that they used an old way passing through the fields of accused persons to go to their field – There was a dispute between the parties for using the fields as a passage – On the day of incident, the accused per sons armed with ‘Kassies’ and lathies come out from the back o f the bushes and surrounded the complainant when he was passing through fields – The accused tried to strike the complainant, however, the victim and other persons arrived from their fields – Th ereafter, the accused No.

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