Supreme Court of India

Kuldip Yadav & Ors. v. State of Bihar

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Reported as [2011] 5 S.C.R. 186

Bench P. Sathasivam and H.L. Gokhale JJ.

Decided 11 April 2011

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What the Court ordered

We hold that it is not safe to convict the accused persons under Section 149 IPC. E.

Judgment, page 29

From the headnote

CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973: c s. 223 - Persons accused of offences committed in the course of same transaction -In an incident of death of one person caused by members of accused group, FIR lodged for offences punishable inter a/ia, u/ss. 302 and 324 read with s. 149 !PC -The following day on the statement of one of the 0 accused, another FIR lodged against members of complainant party for offences punishable, inter alia, u/s. 3071 149 /PC -Prosecution of accused of the first FIR -Conviction by trial court -Affirmed by High Court -Held : For several offences to be part of the same

Authorities it was built on

1989 Allauddin Mian & Ors. Sharif Mian & Anr. v. State of Bihar cited by 18
2003 Rajendra Shantaram Todankar v. State of Maharashtra and Ors. cited by 8
1995 Ranbir Yadav v. State of Bihar cited by 7
1981 Bhudeo Mandal & Others v. State of Bihar cited by 6
1999 Balbir v. State of Haryana and Anr. cited by 3
2003 Lalu Prasad @ Lalu Prasad Yadav v. State through C.B.I. (a.h.d.) Ranchi, Jharkhand cited by 2
2010 Pal @ Palla v. State of Uttar Pradesh cited by 1
2007 State of Punjab v. Sanjiv Kumar@ Sanju and Ors. cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2022 Gurmail Singh & Anr v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr. relied on
2025 Tukesh Singh & Ors. v. State of Chhattisgarh referred to
2019 Dev Karan @ Lambu v. State of Haryana referred to
2015 Inder Singh & Ors. v. State of Rajasthan referred to
2014 Anup Lal Yadav & Anr. v. State of Bihar referred to

Of those, 1 relied on · 4 referred to

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