Supreme Court of India
Shatrughan v. The State of Chhattisgarh
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In view of the above discussion, the prosecution had failed to establish the charge.
Judgment, page 16
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 – Culpable homicide amounting to murder – Conviction u/s. 302 – Correctness of – FIR against the appellant by the informant-uncle of deceased – Allegation t hat the deceased had shouted that the appellant had assaulted him with a tabbal – Informant rushed to the place of incident and saw his nephew lying there with deep cut on the neck – Neph ew later succumbed to his injuries – Conviction of the appel lant u/s. 302 and sentenced to life imprisonment by the courts below – On a ppeal, held: Prosecution failed to establish the charge – Prosecuti on story does not appear
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