2001 INSC 0066
                                    SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

                                          Chavda Jivanji Chelaji

                                                      Vs.

                                               State of Gujarat

                                           Crl.A.No.957 of 1999

                                     (K.T.Thomas and R.P.Sethi JJ.)

                                                 18.01.2001

                                                   ORDER

The Text below is only a summarized version of the order pronounced

Appellants convicted by High Court under Section 302and 149 of Indian Penal Code and
sentenced to life imprisonment. Injuries that caused death had been inflicted with sharp
object which cut artery and vein resulting in death of deceased. Some of persons who
attacked deceased were armed with sticks and some were armed with dharia. Deceased
sometimes was standing up and other times was running, one particular injury on humerus
cannot be said to be would which was specifically intended by assailant. Conviction of
appellant altered from Section 302 to 304 and sentence reduced to imprisonment for five
years.

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