Supreme Court of India

Arunachalam v. P. S. R. Sadhanantham

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Reported as [1979] 3 S.C.R. 482

Bench S. Murtaza Fazal Ali J.

Decided 6 March 1979

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What the Court ordered

Accordingly, we allow the appeal, set aside the judgment of the High Court and restore the judgment of conviction and sentence passed by the learned Sessions Judge of Tirunelveli against the respondent (first accused) on the charge under Section 302 Indian Penal Code.

Judgment, page 12

Authorities it was built on

1954 Durga Shankar Mehta v. Thakur Raghuraj Singh and Others. cited by 41
1957 The State of Madras v. A. Vaidyanatha Iyer cited by 5

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2024 Ramji Lal Bairwa & Anr. v. State of Rajasthan & Ors. referred to
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2022 Khema @ Khem Chandra Etc. v. State of Uttar Pradesh referred to
2016 State of Karnataka v. State of Tamil Nadu & Ors. referred to
2015 Satya Pal Anand v. State of M.P. and Others referred to

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