Supreme Court of India

Adalat Pandit & Anr. v. State of Bihar

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Reported as [2010] 7 S.C.R. 79
Bench V.S. Sirpurkar J.
Decided 14 May 2010

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the appeals of Thakur Singh (A-1 ), B Akhilesh Ojha (A-5) and Keshav Singh (A-9) are allowed and that of Ram Pravesh Singh (A-2), Gorakh Nath Singh (A-3), Thakur Ojha (A-4), Jitendra Singh (A-6), Raj Nath Singh (A-7) · and Adalat Pandit (A-10) are dismissed for the reasons as C stated above.

Judgment, page 25

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 147, 148, 302, 302 rlw s. 34, 109 and 149 - Murder - Enmity between the parties as regarcJ ownership and possession of mango orchard - Quarrel over plucking of mangoes - Eleven accused persons formed unlawful assembly and attacked complainant and his two sons - Gun shots fired at sons, brutally attacked by spears and body dragged to a certain distance resulting in instant death - Conviction of 11 accused u/ss. 147, 148, 302, 302 r/w s. 34, 109 and 149 ands. 27 of Arms Act by trial court- Conviction of 9 accused persons upheld by High Court - On appeal, held: Prosecution

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