Supreme Court of India
Jayawant Dattatray Suryarao v. State of Maharashtra
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What the Court ordered
We hold that it was an act of terrorism committed by the accused, this would not be a fit case for imposing death sentence.
Judgment, page 48
From the headnote
Terrorists and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987 (TADA) · Indian Penal Code, 1860/Artils Act, 1959-Sections 3(2)(i), (ii), (3), (4) 5 and 6/Sections 212, 1208, . 302 307 r/w Section 34/Section 27-Prosecution under-Prime accused ident(fied by injured eye-witness-Confessional state menTs by accused corroborated by confessional statements of other accused anti by statements of prosecution witnesses-Conviction and sentence of death by tlesignated Court- Plea that convic:tion under TADA not just{fi.ed since rhe case was of a gang rivalry-On appec1l, conviction co~firmed-However death
Where later benches applied it
- 2013 Sanjay Dutt (a-117) v. The State of Maharashtra, through Cbi (stf), Bombay
- 2025 Sukhdev Yadav @ Pehalwan v. State of (nct of Delhi) & Others
- 2013 Shankar Kisanrao Khade v. State of Maharashtra
- 2012 State of U.P. v. Sanjay Kumar
- 2015 Union of India v. V. Sriharan @ Murugan & Ors.
- 2014 Adambhai Sulemanbhai Ajmeri & Ors. v. State of Gujarat
- 2013 Yakub Abdul Razak Memon v. The State of Maharashtra, through Cbi, Bombay
- 2013 Ahmed Shah Khan Durrani @ A.S. Mubarak v. State of Maharashtra
- 2010 Mulla & Anr. v. State of U.P.
- 2008 Mohmed Amin @ Amin Choteli Rahim Miyan Shaikh & Anr. v. C.b.i through its Director
- 2008 Swamy Shraddananda @ Murali Manohar Mishra v. State of Karnataka
- 2003 Nazir Khan and Ors. v. State of Delhi
- 2002 Ravindra Shantaram Sawant v. State of Maharashtra
- 2002 Ravinder Singh @ Bittu v. The State of Maharashtra
Of those, 1 relied on · 3 referred to · 10 mentioned
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