STATE OF U.P versus JHINKOO NAI

STATE OF U.P versus JHINKOO NAI

The High Court erred in treating the knife assaults as individual acts; from the proved facts and circumstances the only reasonable inference was a common intention to ravish the girl and, upon resistance, to commit murder by inflicting knife blows, therefore the trial court conviction under Sections 302/34 and 307/34 IPC was restored.

Parties
Appellant/petitioner: State of U.P.; Respondent: Jhinkoo Nai
Jurisdiction
India
Judgment Date
03 August 2001
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Appeal From High Court Judgment and Special Leave Petition Heard by Supreme Court
Outcome
State's appeal allowed; impugned High Court order quashed and set aside; trial court conviction under Sections 302/34 and 307/34 IPC restored; respondent's SLP dismissed with delay condoned.
Legal Topics
Murder, Common Intention, Conviction, Sentence, Appeal, Abatement
Penal Code, 1860 Criminal Law Murder Common Intention Conviction Sentence Appeal Abatement

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Parties

State of U.P.

Appellant/petitioner

Jhinkoo Nai

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Criminal Appeal / Appeal From High Court Judgment and Special Leave Petition Heard by Supreme Court

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the High Court was justified in altering the conviction from Sections 302/34 and 307/34 IPC to Section 324 IPC
  2. 2 Whether common intention to commit murder could be inferred from the facts and conduct of the accused
  3. 3 Whether persons inflicting fatal and non-fatal injuries can be treated differently for allocation of guilt when attack is simultaneous

Ratio Decidendi

The High Court erred in treating the knife assaults as individual acts; from the proved facts and circumstances the only reasonable inference was a common intention to ravish the girl and, upon resistance, to commit murder by inflicting knife blows, therefore the trial court conviction under Sections 302/34 and 307/34 IPC was restored.

Court Disposition

State's appeal allowed; impugned High Court order quashed and set aside; trial court conviction under Sections 302/34 and 307/34 IPC restored; respondent's SLP dismissed with delay condoned.

Orders

  • Impugned High Court order dated 28.5.1999 quashed and set aside
  • Order of conviction and sentence passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Azamgarh convicting the respondent for offences punishable under Section 302 read with 34 IPC and Section 307 read with 34 IPC is restored