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State of Andhra Pradesh v. Rayavarapu Punnayya & Another

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Reported as [1977] 1 S.C.R. 601
Bench R.S. Sarkaria J.
Decided 15 September 1976

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What the Court ordered

Accordingly we allow this appeal and restore the order of the trial Court convicting the accused (Respondent 2 herein) for the offence of murder, with a sentence of imprisonment for life.

Judgment, page 15

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 10 relied on · 7 referred to · 45 mentioned

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