Supreme Court of India

Lallan Raj and Ors. v. State of Bihar

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Reported as [2002] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 188

Bench U.C. Banerjee and B.N. Agrawal JJ.

Decided 14 November 2002

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From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860; Sections 302, 302134, 3021149, 307134 and 326134: 14 accused persons assaulted and committed murder of the deceased- Conviction of accused persons under Section 302-Correctness of-Held: In the absence of evidence as to who caused fatal injury, conviction under Section 302 alone is not sustainable-On facts, accused persons by their concerted action participated in the crime and committed murder by assaulting the deceased with deadly weapons-Thus sentencing of accused under Section 302 could be maintained by adding Section 34-Code of Criminal Procedure, 197 3-Section 464.

Authorities it was built on

1955 Willie (william) Slaney v. The State of Madhya Pradesh. cited by 64
1999 Kammari Brahmiah and Ors. v. Public Prosecutor, High Court of Ap. cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2022 Jasdeep Singh @ Jassu v. State of Punjab relied on
2020 Chhota Ahirwar v. The State of Madhya Pradesh relied on
2013 Birendra Das & Anr. v. State of Assam relied on
2013 Syed Yousuf Hussain v. State of Andhra Pradesh relied on
2012 Shyamal Ghosh v. State of West Bengal relied on
2017 Vijendra Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh referred to
2014 Sushil Ansal v. State through Cbi referred to

Of those, 5 relied on · 2 referred to

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