Supreme Court of India
State of U.P. v. Jai Dutt and Anr.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above and for the reasons stated hereinabov e the present appeal succeeds.
Judgment, page 8
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302 and 326 – Murder – Convicti on by trial court u/s.302 accepting the prosecution case that the accused persons armed with deadly weapons went to the agricult ural field were the victim (complainant’s father) was working an d beat him, resulting in his death – High Court converted the conviction to that u/s.326, primarily on grounds that the victim died six days af ter the incident and no fracture was found on his head – Jus tification – Held: Not justified – Merely because the victim died si x days after the incident not a ground to set aside the convicti on u/s.302
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