Legal Street registered trademark

Supreme Court of India

Munna Kumar Upadhyaya @ Munna Upadhyaya v. The State of Andhra Pradesh through Public Prosecutor, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

Neutral citation
Reported as [2012] 6 S.C.R. 611
Bench A.K. Patnaik J.
Decided 8 May 2012

INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.

5 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 - ss.302 rlw 34, 201, 411 and 435 - Murder - Of Railway Official and three members of his family (wife, son and daughter) inside their residence (bungalow) - Almirah in deceased's bedroom broken open and cash and jewellery taken away - Dead bodies transporled out in a car which was later on doused with petrol and set on fire - Five accused - -1 was domestic servant of the Railway Official - -2 is nephew of -1 - Trial courl convicted all the accused - High Courl acquitted -3 and -4 but sustalhed the conviction of -1, -2 and -5 - Only -2 pursued furlher appeal before Supreme

Authorities it was built on

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 3 relied on · 2 referred to

Sign in free to read it

  • The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
  • The ratio: what the Court held, verbatim, with the page it sits on
  • Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
  • Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
  • Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing
Sign in to read - for free

An email address, no password.