Supreme Court of India

Sanichar Sahni v. The State of Bihar

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Reported as [2009] 10 S.C.R. 112
Bench Dr. Mukundakam Sharma and Dr. B.S. Chauhan JJ.
Decided 26 May 2009

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we do not find any force in this appeal.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

PENAL CODE, 1860: c s. 120- - Punishment for criminal conspiracy- Charges u/s 120- only framed against one accused - Other co- accused charged with s. 302134 but not uls 120- - Accused and co-accused convicted and sentenced by courts below of the respective charges - Plea by accused before Supreme ... Court that in the absence of charge against other co-accused uls 120- , he alone could not have been convicted and sentenced u/s 120- - HELD: Both the trial court and the High Court recorded concurrent findings of fact that the accused hatched the conspiracy and directed his brother and father

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 4 relied on · 3 referred to

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