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Section 320 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
Section 326 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
The Indian Penal Code, 1860
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Section 323 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
Section 34 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
Section 357 in The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [Entire Act]
Sumit Gupta vs State Nct Of Delhi on 15 October, 2014
12. In such totality of circumstances, it cannot be gathered that
the accused inflicted the injury with the recovered knife having an
intention/ motive to kill the injured. At the most, if statements of
the injured are believed to have caused injury by the accused, it
can be observed that the intention of the accused was only to
cause hurt, which hurt at the most, does fall in the category of
grievous hurt. In such view of the matter and in the backdrop of
aforediscussed facts, at the most, the accused can be held guilty
for offence u/s. 325 IPC. The trial Court has committed illegality in
holding the accused guilty for offence u/s. 307 IPC. Thus, the
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conviction of accused for offence u/s. 307 IPC deserves to be
converted to offence u/s. 325 IPC. This Court, finds support to its
aforesaid view, from the judgment of Delhi High Court in case of
Sumit Gupta (supra), relied upon by the counsel for accused.