The Supreme Court of India, in the case of Rakesh Dutt Sharma vs. State of Uttarakhand, has acquitted a medical practitioner convicted for culpable homicide, holding that his actions fell within the purview of the right of private defence. A bench comprising Justice M.M. Sundresh and Justice N. Kotiswar Singh set aside the concurrent judgments
Right of Private Defence Must Be Viewed from Standpoint of Common Person; Not to Be Weighed in Golden Scale: Supreme Court
