Supreme Court of India

Rajendra Prasad Etc. Etc. v. State of Uttar Pradesh

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Reported as [1979] 3 S.C.R. 78

Bench V.R. Krishna Iyer J.

Decided 9 February 1979

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1972 Apren Joseph Alias Current Kunjukunju & Ors. v. The State of Kerela cited by 6
1977 Srirangan v. State of Tamil Nadu cited by 2
1973 Kaliamma v. Janardhanan Pillai & Ors cited by 1

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2015 Union of India v. V. Sriharan @ Murugan & Ors. referred to
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2013 Yakub Abdul Razak Memon v. The State of Maharashtra, through Cbi, Bombay referred to

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