Supreme Court of India

Bhagwant Singh v. Commissioner of Police and Anr.

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Reported as [1985] 3 S.C.R. 942

Bench P.N. Bhagwati J.

Decided 25 April 1985

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2024 Vikas Chandra v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr. relied on
2019 Haribhai Malaviya and Ors. v. The State of Gujarat and Anr. relied on
2011 Jakia Nasim Ahesan & Anr. v. State of Gujarat & Ors. relied on
2026 Pramod Kumar v. The State of Uttar Pradesh referred to
2024 Subrata Choudhury @ Santosh Choudhury & Ors. v. The State of Assam & Anr. referred to
2024 Sharif Ahmed and Another v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Another referred to
2022 Zakia Ahsan Jafri v. State of Gujarat & Anr. referred to
2020 Miss ‘a v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Anr. referred to
2019 Bikash Ranjan Rout v. State through the Secretary (home) Government of Nct of Delhi, New Delhi referred to
2016 Dharam Pal v. State of Haryana & Ors. referred to
2015 Chandra Babu @ Moses v. State through Inspector of Police & Ors. referred to
2014 Sundeep Kumar Bafna v. State of Maharashtra & Anr. referred to
2012 Vinay Tyagi v. Irshad Ali @ Deepak & Ors. referred to

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