Supreme Court of India

Anand Mohan v. State of Bihar

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Reported as [2012] 10 S.C.R. 1
Bench A.K. Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar JJ.
Decided 10 July 2012

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that this was not one of those rarest of rare cases where the High Court should have confirmed the death sentence on A-.

Judgment, page 37

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 147, 3021149, 3071149 and 3021 109 - Prosecution of 36 accused - Murder of District Magistrate - In funeral procession of political leader who was murdered by unknown criminals - By brother of the deceased leader, at the instigation of the accused - FIR by Police Officer - Ten of the fourteen witnesses near the place of occurrence deptJsing that only -1 exhorted the shooter and not -2, - 3 anct -4 - Trial court convicting -1 to -7 of all the charges o - -'1, -3 and -4 sentenced to death and -2, -5, -6 and - 7 sentenced to life imprisonment - Rest of the accused

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