Supreme Court of India

Bani Singh and Others v. State of U.P.

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Reported as [1996] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 247

Bench Am. Ahmadi. C, N.P. Singh and Sujata V. Manohar JJ.

Decided 9 July 1996

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the High Court erred in dismissing the appeal for non- prosecution B simplicitor without examining the merits.

Judgment, page 11

Where later benches applied it

2023 Purushothaman v. State of Tamil Nadu relied on
2022 Dhananjay Rai @ Guddu Rai v. State of Bihar relied on
2013 K.S. Panduranga v. State of Karnataka relied on
2012 Iqbal Abdul Samiya Malek v. State of Gujarat relied on
2026 Dr. Anand Rai v. State of Madhya Pradesh referred to
2023 Sanjit Saha & Anr. v. The State of West Bengal referred to
2023 Jitendra Kumar Rode v. Union of India referred to
2013 Surya Baksh Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh referred to
2013 Kamlesh Prabhudas Tanna & Another v. State of Gujarat referred to
2013 Shridhar Namdeo Lawand v. State of Maharashtra referred to

Of those, 4 relied on · 6 referred to

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