Supreme Court of India

Vinubhai Ranchhodbhai Patel v. Rajivbhai Dudabhai Patel & Others

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Reported as [2018] 6 S.C.R. 1050

Bench J. Chelameswar and Sanjay Kishan Kaul JJ.

Decided 16 May 2018

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, the appeals stand disposed of. 21 Nilabati Behera (Smt) alias Lalita Behera (Through the Supreme Court Legal Aid Committee) v.

Judgment, page 25

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – Chapter XVII – ss.211 , 212 and 213 – Defective framing of charges – Acquittal of a ccused persons – Interference with, if permissible – Three persons died and five persons were injured allegedly in an attack by 17 p ersons – Sessions Court convicted 4 accused, while remaining 13 a ccused persons were acquitted – State appeals against acquittal of various accused, dismissed by High Court – On appeal, held: In the case on hand where three persons died, the charge u/s.302 shoul d have been framed against specifically named accused with respect to each of the

Authorities it was built on

1973 Shivaji Sahebrao Bobade & Anr v. State of Maharashtra cited by 159
1964 Masalti v. State of U. P cited by 86
1993 Smt. Nilabati Behera Alias Laut Behera (through the Supreme Court Legal Aid Committee) v. State of Orissa and Ors. cited by 50
1989 Lalji & Ors. v. State of U.P. cited by 12
2004 Esher Singh v. State of Andhra Pradesh cited by 5
1972 Yeshwant and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra cited by 2
2004 Bala Seetharamaiah v. Perike S. Rao and Ors. cited by 1
2013 Manga @ Man Singh v. State of Uttarakhand cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2024 Nitya Nand v. State of U.P. & Anr. relied on
2019 Dev Karan @ Lambu v. State of Haryana referred to
2021 A.T. Mydeen and Another v. The Assistant Commissioner, Customs Department mentioned

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to · 1 mentioned

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