https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=283242 A murder conviction under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code cannot be sustained unless the evidence reliably proves that the accused inflicted the fatal injury. Here, the eye-witness, medical and seizure evidence did not satisfactorily connect the appellant to the deceased's head injury, so the murder finding was set aside. A plea of private defence based on alleged abduction also fails unless the alleged abduction or unlawful aggression is established on reliable evidence; the sister's alleged removal was not proved, so the defence was rejected. The conviction was therefore reduced to grievous hurt with common intention, while the lesser convictions were maintained. en-us Tue, 09 Feb 1971 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 14 Sep 2019 10:21:38 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=283242 A murder conviction under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code cannot be sustained unless the evidence reliably proves that the accused inflicted the fatal injury. Here, the eye-witness, medical and seizure evidence did not satisfactorily connect the appellant to the deceased's head injury, so the murder finding was set aside. A plea of private defence based on alleged abduction also fails unless the alleged abduction or unlawful aggression is established on reliable evidence; the sister's alleged removal was not proved, so the defence was rejected. The conviction was therefore reduced to grievous hurt with common intention, while the lesser convictions were maintained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 09 Feb 1971 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=283242