Supreme Court of India

Gade Lakshmi Mangraju @ Ramesh v. State of Andhra Pradesh

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Reported as [2001] 3 S.C.R. 830
Bench K.T. Thomas and R.P. Sethi JJ.
Decided 10 July 2001

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