Supreme Court of India

Nika Ram v. The State of Himachal Pradesh

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Reported as [1973] 1 S.C.R. 428

Decided 28 April 1972

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1963 State of Uttar Pradesh v. Singhara Singh and Others cited by 49

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2023 Wazir Khan v. State of Uttarakhand relied on
2019 G H Ranjit Kumar Haldar v. State of Sikkim relied on
2018 Asar Mohammad and Ors. v. The State of U.P. relied on
2013 Madhu @ Madhuranatha & Anr. v. State of Karnataka relied on
2013 Ravirala Laxmaiah v. State of A.P. relied on
2015 Ashok v. State of Maharashtra referred to
2013 Rohtash Kumar v. State of Haryana referred to

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