Supreme Court of India

Charan Singh and Ors. v. State of Uttar Pradesh

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Reported as [2004] 2 S.C.R. 925

Bench Doraiswamy Raju and Arijit Fasayat JJ.

Decided 10 March 2004

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Penal Code, 1860; Ss. 141, 147, 148, 149, 302 and 307: Assault and murder-Trial Court convicted accused persons for committing offences u!s 302 rlw Section 149 and u/s 307 rlw Section 149, and sentenced them accordingly-High Court affirming conviction of 6 accused persons ordered acquittal of remaining accused as the material available was insufficient to prove their guilt-On appeal, Held: On the one hand, the trial Court and the High Court considered one of the accused on the same footing as other acquitted accused, on the other hand distinguished his case because he was son of the main

Authorities it was built on

1964 Masalti v. State of U. P cited by 86

Where later benches applied it

2025 Zainul v. The State of Bihar relied on
2011 Ramachandran & Ors. Etc. v. State of Kerala relied on
2023 Ranvir Singh Etc. Etc. v. The State of Madhya Pradesh referred to
2021 Hari & Anr. v. The State of Uttar Pradesh referred to

Of those, 2 relied on · 2 referred to

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