Attempt to Murder Charge Restored in Rajasthan Tractor-and-Axe Attack Case, Injury to Non-Vital Body Part Not Sufficient to Drop Section 307: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has restored the Section 307, Indian Penal Code charge against Respondent No. 2 in a case arising from an incident in Village Polas, Tehsil Degana, District Nagaur, Rajasthan, on 26.11.2020. According to the judgment, Respondent No. 2 allegedly drove a tractor at high speed into the appellant’s agricultural field and repeatedly moved it towards the appellant and his family. The appellant’s mother, Indra Devi, was hit on…