Supreme Court of India

Sawal Das v. State of Bihar

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Reported as [1974] 3 S.C.R. 74

Bench M. Hameedullah Beg J.

Decided 9 January 1974

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2024 M. Vijayakumar v. State of Tamil Nadu relied on
2023 Balvir Singh v. State of Uttarakhand relied on
2011 Vijay Kumar v. State of U.P. and Ors. relied on
2025 Kattavellai @ Devakar v. State of Tamilnadu referred to
2019 Javed Abdul Rajjaq Shaikh v. State of Maharashtra referred to
2019 Smt. Gargi v. State of Haryana referred to
2019 Kalu Alias Laxminarayan v. State of Madhya Pradesh not applicable

Of those, 3 relied on · 3 referred to · 1 not applicable

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