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Posted: 2/18/2003, 9:36 am
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2703355.stm
The Indian Supreme Court has ruled that anyone who inflicts fatal injuries to the testicles should face first-degree murder charges.
The ruling was handed down in a case in which a man had kneed another in the testicles, killing him instantly.
The attacker had been convicted in a lower court on the lesser charge of culpable homicide, not amounting to murder.
The Supreme Court said that if a person, with an intention to kill, fatally injured another in "the private parts", the accused would be charged with murder.
'Self defence'
Those convicted would then face either a life term or the death sentence.
The Supreme Court's ruling is unlikely to set a precedent
"The evidence of the doctor clearly shows that death was caused due to neurogenic shock resulting from injury to testicles and scrotum," a two-judge bench said.
"This is a case where the conviction should have been under Section 302 (first-degree murder)."
The ruling was made in response to a petition from Karnataka state in southern India appealing against the order by the lower court.
The lower court had sentenced the accused on lesser charges that carry a maximum prison term of seven years with parole facilities.
The accused was said to have kneed the man in self defence.
Legal experts say the ruling is unlikely to set a precedent given the extraordinary circumstances of the case.
The Indian Supreme Court has ruled that anyone who inflicts fatal injuries to the testicles should face first-degree murder charges.
The ruling was handed down in a case in which a man had kneed another in the testicles, killing him instantly.
The attacker had been convicted in a lower court on the lesser charge of culpable homicide, not amounting to murder.
The Supreme Court said that if a person, with an intention to kill, fatally injured another in "the private parts", the accused would be charged with murder.
'Self defence'
Those convicted would then face either a life term or the death sentence.
The Supreme Court's ruling is unlikely to set a precedent
"The evidence of the doctor clearly shows that death was caused due to neurogenic shock resulting from injury to testicles and scrotum," a two-judge bench said.
"This is a case where the conviction should have been under Section 302 (first-degree murder)."
The ruling was made in response to a petition from Karnataka state in southern India appealing against the order by the lower court.
The lower court had sentenced the accused on lesser charges that carry a maximum prison term of seven years with parole facilities.
The accused was said to have kneed the man in self defence.
Legal experts say the ruling is unlikely to set a precedent given the extraordinary circumstances of the case.
