Prudeta
Prudeta
2026 INSC 318
📌 Paras 2-6
Appellants Sivakumar (A-2) and Senthil (A-1) were tried along with two others for offences including murder, arising from a land dispute. The deceased, Kaliyamurthy, was fencing his property, which A-1 objected to. A-1 attacked the deceased with an 'Aruval', injuring PW-4 who intervened. A-2 then struck the deceased on the head with a log, causing him to fall unconscious. A-3 and A-4 allegedly assaulted the unconscious deceased and PW-4. The deceased later died due to a grievous head injury, specifically a depressed fracture of the skull.
📌 Para 13(ii), 13(iv), 14, 15
Whether the appellants, particularly A-1 and A-2, were rightly convicted under Section 304 Part II IPC (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) by the Hi
The bench further analyzed the constitutional validity of the impugned provisions and discussed the interpretation of Articles 14 and 21 in light of recent precedents...
Citing the ratio in prior decisions, the court held that the legislative intent was to ensure...
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