Supreme Court of India

The State of Uttarakhand v. Sachendra Singh Rawat

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Reported as [2022] 1 S.C.R. 529
Bench M. R. Shah and B. V. Nagarathna JJ.
Decided 4 February 2022

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, the present appeal is allowed.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: Culpable homicide not amounting t o murder – Prosecution case was that an altercation t ook place between the victim-deceased and the respondent-accu sed at the place of marriage ceremony – Due to intervention of villagers, matter did not proceed further – After few hours around 12:0 0 in night, when victim-deceased was near his house, accused at tacked him by giving blows on his head with the “Danda/Phakadiyat”, a rough piece of wood – Deceased ran towards his house for safety – Accused ran after him with “Phakadiyat” in his hand and gave several blows which resulted in

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