Supreme Court of India

Anokhilal v. State of Madhya Pradesh

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Reported as [2019] 18 S.C.R. 1196

Bench Uday Umesh Lalit, Indu Malhotra and Krishna Murari JJ.

Decided 18 December 2019

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Legal Services: Grant of free legal aid – Real and meaningful assistance – Entitlement to – On facts, in the case of rape and murder of a minor girl, appointment of counsel through legal services to represent the accused-appellant – The day the counsel appointed, on the same day charges framed against the appellant for offence punishable u/ss. 363, 366, 377, 376(2)(f) and 302 IPC r/ w s. 6 of POCSO Act – Thereafter, conviction of appellant and impositi on of death sentence and other sentences by courts below – On appeal, held: The day Amicus Curiae was named, on the same date, the counsel was

Authorities it was built on

1968 Bashira v. State of U.P. cited by 8
1970 Second Gift Tax Officer, Mangalore, Etc. v. D. H. Nazareth Etc. cited by 6
1955 Machander, Son of Pandurang v. State of Hyderabad cited by 6

Where later benches applied it

2025 Tarun Sharma v. State of Haryana relied on
2025 Irfan Alias Bhayu Mevati v. State of Madhya Pradesh relied on
2026 Bhola Mahto v. The State of Jharkhand referred to
2025 Dashwanth v. State of Tamil Nadu referred to
2025 Waris v. State of Madhya Pradesh referred to
2025 Sovaran Singh Prajapati v. The State of Uttar Pradesh referred to
2024 Ashok v. State of Uttar Pradesh referred to
2024 Sunita Devi v. The State of Bihar & Anr referred to
2023 Naveen @ Ajay v. The State of Madhya Pradesh mentioned
2020 Ganesan v. State Represented by its Inspector of Police mentioned

Of those, 2 relied on · 6 referred to · 2 mentioned

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