Supreme Court of India

The Superintendent and Remembrancerof Legal Affairs, West v. Mangal Pathak & Ors.

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Decided 9 December 1994

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What the Court ordered

Accordingly we set said the judgment of the High Court so far these three accused arc concerned and convict A-2 Gurupada pathak, A-3 Bidyadhar Pathak and A-8 Ashwini Pathak under Sections 302/149 I.P.C. and sentence each of them to undergo imprisonment for life.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

JUDGMENT: 1. This appeal by the State of West Bengal is directed against the judgment of the Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court. There are nine respondents namely original accused nos. 1 to 9. They were tried for offences punishable under Sections 148, 302/149 and 326/34. The trial court convicted and sentenced each of them to undergo imprisonment for life for the offence punishable under Sections 302/ 149 and lesser terms of imprisonment for minor offences.

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