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  • Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code
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  • Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code
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  • Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code
  • Section 304-A of the Indian Penal Code
  • Section 301 of the Indian Penal Code
  • Section 5, Subsection 2 of the 1983 Income Tax Act
  • Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code

    Hari Shankar Alias Hari Shankar Sharma v. State Of Mysore .

    S. Murtaza Fazal Ali, J.— This appeal under the Supreme Court (Enlargement of Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction) Act is directed against the judgment of the Mysore High Court convicting the appellant under Section 302 and sentencing him to imprisonment for life. Detailed facts of the case have been narrated in the judgment of the High Court and it is not necessary for us to reproduce the same here. The main allegation against the appellant was that he had shot deceased Nazirunnissa and killed her. So far as the facts are concerned both the Sessions Judge and the High Court have concurrently found that the case was fully proved. The Sessions Judge was of the opinion that the first appellant wanted to kill PW 15, but as PW 15 was not available at that time, Nazirunnissa came in between and she was shot, therefore the appellant could be guilty of an offence under Section 304-A or under Section 307 IPC. This view of the learned Sessions Judge was legally erroneous as rightly pointed out by the High Court. Section 301 furnishes a complete answer to the view taken by the Sessions Judge. It is obvious that the appellant had the intention to kill PW 15 and if with this intention, he kills somebody else, he is undoubtedly guilty of committing murder. There is evidence of PWs 13,14 and 15 to show that A-1 fired the shot and killed the deceased. There is no escape from conclusion that the appellant committed an offence under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. In these circumstances, the High Court was right in correcting the error of law committed by the learned Sessions Judge. Mrs Udayarathnam tried to bring the case of the appellant within the ambit of Section 304-A or Section 307 but on the facts found it is not possible for us to accede to her contention. For the reasons given above, there is no merit in the appeal which is, accordingly, dismissed.

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    Hari Shankar Alias Hari Shankar Sharma v. State Of Mysore .
    (Apr 20, 1979)