Supreme Court of India

Satyavir Singh Rathi v. State Thr. C.b.i

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Reported as [2011] 6 S.C.R. 138

Bench Harjit Singh Bedi and Chandramauli Kr. Prasad JJ.

Decided 2 May 2011

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the alleged SATYAVIR SINGH RATHI v.

Judgment, page 63

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302134, 307134, 193, 201134 and 203134 - Police shoot out - Two innocent citizens killed in mistaken identity of a hardcore criminal and third one grievously injured - FIR by father of one of the deceased, against police personnel - 0 Investigation by CBI - Conviction by trial court u/ss 3021120- and 3071120- of ten police officials - Two of them further convicted u/ss 193, 201134 and 203134 -High Court convicting the accused ulss 302 and 307 with the aid of s.34 and maintaining the sentence of imprisonment for life - Conviction of two accused u/ss 193, 201134 and 203134

Authorities it was built on

1963 Jamuna Singh and Others v. Bhadai Sah cited by 13
1997 Sangaraboina Sreenu v. State of Andhra Pradesh cited by 8
1979 B. Saha and Ors. v. M. S. Kochar cited by 6
1998 Shobhit Chamar and Anr. v. State of Bihar cited by 6
1971 University of Poona & Ors. v. Shankar Narhar Ageshe & Ors. cited by 4
2009 Ranvir Yadav v. State of Bihar cited by 3
2006 Vikramjlt Singh@ Vicky v. State of Punjab cited by 3
1993 Prof. Sumer Chand v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 2
2008 Dinesh Seth v. State of N.C.T. of Delhi cited by 2
1966 Lakhan Mahto & Ors. v. State of Bihar cited by 1
1961 The State of Andhra Pradesh v. Thadi Narayana cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2023 Sunil v. State of Nct of Delhi relied on
2016 Devinder Singh & Ors. v. State of Punjab through Cbi relied on
2013 C.B.I. v. Ashok Kumar Aggarwal relied on
2012 General Officer Commanding v. Cbi and Anr relied on
2025 Chunni Bai v. State of Chhattisgarh referred to
2023 Raj Kumar @ Suman v. State (nct of Delhi) referred to
2013 B. Raghuvir Acharya v. Central Bureau of Investigation referred to
2020 D. Devaraja v. Owais Sabeer Hussain distinguished

Of those, 4 relied on · 1 distinguished · 3 referred to

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