Bombay High Court Dismisses Criminal Appeal of Sarpanch Convicted Under Section 302 IPC for Murder of Gram Panchayat Member — Intentional Multiple Stabbing After Bringing Knife from Home Precludes Benefit of Exceptions to Murder. The Court Held That No Right of Private Defence Arose as Deceased Did Not Attack and Appellant Was the Aggressor.
20 Dec 2017The appellant, a newly elected Sarpanch of a Gram Panchayat, was convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for the murder of a fellow Panch...
