Supreme Court of India

State of Himachal Pradesh v. Pawan Kumar

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Reported as [2005] 3 S.C.R. 417

Bench R.C. Lahoti, G.P. Mathur and P.K. Balasubramany An JJ.

Decided 8 April 2005

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1979 State of Maharasiitra v. Natwarlal Damodardas Soni cited by 11

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2023 Ranjan Kumar Chadha v. State of Himachal Pradesh relied on
2020 Jeet Ram v. The Narcotics Control Bureau, Chandigarh relied on
2018 Mohinder Singh v. The State of Punjab relied on
2013 Gurjant Singh @ Janta v. State of Punjab relied on
2013 Ram Swaroop v. State (govt. Nct) of Delhi relied on
2013 Kashmiri Lal v. State of Haryana relied on
2009 State of Rajasthan v. Ratan Lal relied on
2024 Smt. Najmunisha v. The State of Gujarat referred to
2020 Rajesh Dhiman v. State of Himachal Pradesh referred to
2018 S. K. Raju @ Abdul Haque @ Jagga v. State of West Bengal referred to
2015 Kulwinder Singh &anr. v. State of Punjab referred to
2014 State of Rajasthan v. Parmanand & Anr. referred to
2013 Prabhudas Damodar Kotecha & Ors. v. Manhabala Jeram Damodar & Anr. referred to

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