Supreme Court of India

Santosh Kumar Satishbhushan Bariyar v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2009] 9 S.C.R. 90

Decided 13 May 2009

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Judgment, page 61

Authorities it was built on

1998 Panchhi and Ors. Etc. v. State of U.P. cited by 20
1995 State of Madhya Pradesh v. Shyamsunder Trivedi and Ors. cited by 20
2009 State of U.P. v. Sattan @ Satyendra & Ors. cited by 8
2009 Shri Santoshkumar Shivgonda Patil & Ors. v. Shri Balasaheb Tukaram Shevale & Ors. cited by 6
2002 Vashram Narshibhai Rajpara v. State of Gujarat cited by 5
2002 Dharmendrasinh @ Mansing Ratansinh v. Stte of Gujarat cited by 5
1996 Ravindra Trimbak Chouthmal v. State of Maharashtra cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2022 Bhagwani v. The State of Madhya Pradesh relied on
2020 Shatrughna Baban Meshram v. State of Maharashtra relied on
2019 Sudam @ Rahul Kaniram Jadhav v. The State of Maharashtra relied on
2019 Manoharan v. State by Inspector of Police, Variety Hall Police Station, Coimbatore relied on
2019 Accused 'x' v. State of Maharashtra relied on
2019 Dattatraya @ Datta Ambo Rokade v. The State of Maharashtra relied on
2019 Md Mannan @ Abdul Mannan v. State of Bihar relied on
2018 Rajendra Pralhadrao Wasnik v. State of Maharashtra relied on
2018 Chhannu Lal Verma v. The State of Chhattisgarh relied on
2014 Laut Kumar Yadav @ Kuri v. State of Utiar Pradesh relied on
2014 Anil @ Anthony Arikswamy Joseph v. State of Maharashtra relied on
2013 C.B.I. v. Ashok Kumar Aggarwal & Anr. relied on
2013 Vyas Ram @ Vyas Kahar & Ors. v. State of Bihar relied on
2013 Ram Deo Prasad v. State of Bihar relied on
2013 Mohinder Singh v. State of Punjab relied on
2012 Sandeep v. State of U.P. relied on
2025 Vasanta Sampat Dupare v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2023 Madan v. State of Uttar Pradesh referred to
2023 Rajo @ Rajwa @ Rajendra Mandal v. The State of Bihar & Ors. referred to
2023 Vikas Chaudhary v. The State of Delhi referred to
2023 Sundar @ Sundarrajan v. State by Inspector of Police referred to
2022 Manoj Pratap Singh v. The State of Rajasthan referred to
2022 Manoj & Ors v. State of Madhya Pradesh referred to
2020 Manoj Suryavanshi v. State of Chhattisgarh referred to
2019 Ravi S/o Ashok Ghumare v. The State of Maharashtra referred to
2015 Union of India v. V. Sriharan @ Murugan & Ors. referred to
2013 Gudda @ Dwarikendra v. State of Madhya Pradesh referred to
2013 Shankar Kisanrao Khade v. State of Maharashtra referred to
2013 Gurvail Singh @ Gala & Another v. State of Punjab referred to
2012 Soman v. State of Kerala referred to
2012 Sangeet & Anr. v. State of Haryana referred to
2011 Rajesh Kumar v. State through Govt. of Nct of Delhi-ii referred to
2011 State of Maharashtra v. Goraksha Ambaji Adsul referred to
2025 Jai Prakash v. State of Uttarakhand mentioned
2025 Ramesh A. Naika v. The Registrar General, High Court of Karnataka Etc. mentioned
2022 In Re: Framing Guidelines Regarding Potential Mitigating Circumstances to Be Considered While Imposing Death Sentences v. In Re: Framing Guidelines Regarding Potential Mitigating Circumstances to Be Considered While Imposing Death Sentences mentioned
2022 Pappu v. The State of Uttar Pradesh mentioned
2021 Lochan Shrivas v. The State of Chhattisgarh mentioned
2021 Bhagchandra v. State of Madhya Pradesh mentioned
2018 M. A. Antony @ Antappan v. State of Kerala mentioned
2017 Mukesh & Anr. v. State for Nct of Delhi & Ors. mentioned
2015 Vikram Singh@ Vicky &anr. v. Union of India & Ors. mentioned
2014 Mohd. Arif @ashfaq v. He Registrar, Supreme Court of India & Ors. mentioned
2014 Santosh Kumar Singh v. State of Madhya Pradesh mentioned
2014 Ashok Debbarma @ Achak Debbarma v. State of Tripura mentioned
2014 Mahesh Dhanaji Shinde v. State of Maharashtra mentioned
2012 Mohammed Ajmal Mohammad Amir Kasab @ Abu Mujahid v. State of Maharashtra mentioned
2012 Ramnaresh & Ors. v. State of Chhattisgarh mentioned
2011 Sheo Shankar Singh v. State of Jharkhand & Anr. mentioned
2010 Vikram Singh & Ors. v. State of Punjab mentioned
2009 Dilip Premnarayan Tiwari and Anr. v. State of Maharashtra mentioned
2009 Jag Dish v. State of M.P. mentioned
2009 Haru Ghosh v. State of West Bengal mentioned
2009 Mohd. Farooq Abdul Gafur and Another v. State of Maharashtra mentioned

Of those, 16 relied on · 17 referred to · 21 mentioned

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