Supreme Court of India

C. Muniappan & Ors. v. State of Tamil Nadu

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Reported as [2010] 10 S.C.R. 262

Decided 30 August 2010

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From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: c ss. 302, 3021114, 307 and 3071114 - Three of the members of a group of agitators setting ablaze a University bus full of girl-students - Three girls burnt alive to death and several others received burn injuries - HELD: Cowts below rightly convicted and sentenced the three accused to death 0 - Their activities were not only barbaric but inhuman to the highest degree - The manner of the commission of the offence is extremely brutal, diabolical, grotesque and cruel - : It is sho_cking to the collective conscience of society - Sentence/Sentencing - Sentence of death -

Authorities it was built on

1983 Machhl Singh and Others v. State of Punjab cited by 60
1994 Kartar Singh v. State of Punjab cited by 54
1983 Bharwada Bhoginbhai Hirjibhai v. State of Gujarat cited by 52
2005 Iqbal Singh Marwah v. Meenakshi Etc. cited by 25
1994 Suresh Chandra Bahri Etc. Etc. v. State of Bihar cited by 22
2001 T.T. Antony v. State of Kerala and Ors. cited by 20
1987 Mahesh S/o. Ram Narain Etc. v. State of Madhya Pradesh cited by 19
2006 Aloke Nath Dutta and Ors. v. State of West Bengal cited by 16
1991 Khujji@surendra Tiwari v. The State of Madhya Pradesh cited by 16
1991 Seyaka Perumal, Etc v. State of Tamil Nadu cited by 15
1999 State of Himachal Pradesh v. Lekh Raj and Anr. cited by 14
2006 Radha Mohan Singh @ Lal Saheb and Ors. v. State of U.P. cited by 12
2002 Devender Pal Singh v. State N.C.T. of Delhi and Anr. cited by 12
2009 Jarnail Singh & Ors. v. State of Punjab cited by 10
2008 Bantu v. The State of U.P. cited by 10
1971 Patel Laljibhai Somabhai v. The State of Gujarat cited by 10
2009 Prithu @ Prithi Chand and Anr. v. State of H.P. cited by 9
1975 Bhagwan Singh v. The State of Haryana cited by 9
1979 Syad Akbar v. State of Karnataka cited by 8
1998 Ram Bihari Yadav v. State of Bihar and Ors. cited by 8
1995 Karnel Singh v. The State of M.P. cited by 8
2003 Amar Singh v. Balwinder Singh and Ors. cited by 8
2000 State of Maharashtra v. Damu and Ors. cited by 8
1999 M.S. Ahlawat v. State of Haryana and Anr. cited by 7
1996 Surjit Singh and Ors. v. Balbir Singh cited by 6
1999 State of Karnataka v. K. Yarappa Reddy cited by 6
2007 Mayakaur Baldevsingh Sardar and Anr. v. The State of Maharashtra cited by 5
1972 Sohrab S/o Beli Nayata & Anr. v. The State of Madhya Pradesh cited by 5
1976 Rabindra Kumar Dey v. State of Orissa cited by 5
1996 State of U.P. v. Ramesh Prasad Misra and Anr. cited by 4
2002 Balu Sonba Shinde v. State of Maharashtra cited by 4
2007 Sarvesh Narain Shukla v. Daroga Singh & Ors. cited by 4
1998 Shaikh Umar Ahmed Shaikh and Anr. v. State of Maharashtra cited by 3
1999 Paras Yadav and Ors. v. State of Bihar cited by 3
2009 Ankush Maruti Shinde & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra cited by 3
2009 Subbusingh v. State by Public Prosecutor cited by 3
1998 State of Punjab v. Raj Singh and Anr. cited by 2
2002 Allarakha K. Mansuri v. State of Gujarat cited by 2
2004 Dastagir Sab and Anr. v. State of Karnataka cited by 2
2006 Yuvaraj Ambar Mohite v. Stte of Maharashtra cited by 1
2004 D. Gopalakrishnan v. Sadanand Naik and Ors. cited by 1
1999 Umar Abdul Sakoor Sora Thia v. Intelligence Officer Narcotic Control Bureau cited by 1
2007 State of Rajas Than v. Om Prakash cited by 1
2009 State of U. P. v. Santosh Kumar cited by 1
2008 State of Punjab v. Rakesh Kumar cited by 1
2009 Sahdev v. Jaibar @ Jai Dev & Ors. cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2025 Tarun Sharma v. State of Haryana relied on
2024 Sandeep v. State of Uttarakhand relied on
2024 Rama Devi v. The State of Bihar and Others relied on
2024 Selvamani v. The State Rep. by the Inspector of Police relied on
2017 Sudha Renukaiah & Ors. v. State of A. P. relied on
2016 Babita Lila & Another v. Union of India relied on
2015 Ranjeet Kumar Ram@ Ranjeet Kumar Das v. State of Bihar relied on
2014 Vasant Sampat Dupare v. State of Maharashtra relied on
2014 Birju v. State of M.P. relied on
2013 Kishorebhai Gandubhai Pethani v. State of Gujarat & Anr. relied on
2013 Amitbhai Anilchandra Shah v. The Central Bureau of Investigation & Anr. relied on
2012 Shyamal Ghosh v. State of West Bengal relied on
2012 Ramesh Harijan v. State of U.P. relied on
2025 Kattavellai @ Devakar v. State of Tamilnadu referred to
2022 Gireesan Nair & Ors. Etc. v. State of Kerala referred to
2022 Ashok Kumar Singh Chandel v. State of U.P. referred to
2022 Mohammad Irfan v. State of Karnataka referred to
2022 Manoj & Ors v. State of Madhya Pradesh referred to
2022 Rajesh Yadav & Anr v. State of U.P. referred to
2021 Vinod Dua v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2020 Anwar Ali and Another v. The State of Himachal Pradesh referred to
2014 Mofil Khan & Anr. v. State of Jharkhand referred to
2013 Rohtash Kumar v. State of Haryana referred to
2013 Kanhaiya Lal & Ors. v. State of Rajasthan referred to
2012 Oma @ Omprakash and Anr. v. State of Tamil Nadu referred to
2012 Surajit Sarkar v. State of West Bengal referred to
2011 Sham @ Kishor Bhaskarrao Matkari v. The State of Maharashtra referred to
2011 Ajitsingh Harnamsingh Gujral v. State of Maharashtra referred to

Of those, 13 relied on · 15 referred to

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