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Supreme Court of India · 2008-11-19

Moorthy vs State Of Tamil Nadu

Citation / case number
AIR 2011 SC (CRIMINAL) 1916
Court
Supreme Court of India
Petitioner
Moorthy
Respondent
State Of Tamil Nadu
Author
Dalveer Bhandari
Bench
Harjit Singh Bedi, Dalveer Bhandari

Judgment text excerpt

The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellant under Section 304 Part I IPC, affirming that the evidence presented established the intent to kill, as the accused attacked the deceased with knives in a premeditated manner. The Court emphasized that the act was committed in a brutal and violent manner, demonstrating a clear intention to cause death. The appeal was dismissed, and the sentence of seven years' imprisonment was upheld, reinforcing the principle that such violent acts warrant stringent punishment under the law.

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