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An assault victim lost a tooth in a nighttime attack. What sentence fits?

Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
Oct 7, 2026
Citation
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 4766 OF 2026
Judges
Prashant Kumar Mishra, Shree Chandrashekhar

AI breakdown

  • A family in Maharashtra was attacked at night by a group of men, with one man accused of robbery and causing harm.
  • The Supreme Court reduced his conviction from robbery to causing grievous hurt, questioning the evidence for robbery.
  • The court decided that the evidence showed an assault causing a tooth to be knocked out, fitting grievous hurt, not robbery.

Outcome

For the foregoing reasons, the Appeal is partly allowed.

Taken from the judgment's conclusion. Check the full text for the exact order.

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