Supreme Court of India

Deep Narayan Chourasia v. State of Bihar

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Reported as [2019] 4 S.C.R. 521
Bench Abhay Manohar Sapre and Dinesh Maheshwari JJ.
Decided 25 February 2019

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered opinion that the entire impugned order deservers to be set aside against all the five accused.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: ss.302/149 – Five persons tried f or murder – Trial court convicted one accused under s.302 IPC and under s.27 of Arms Act and other four co-accused un der s.27 of Arms Act only – On appeal, High Court convicted four co-accu sed also under ss.302/149 along with the accused – In the instant appeal, only one co-accused challenged the order of High Co urt – Held: High Court completely under misconception misdirect ed itself by forming an opinion as if all the five accused were conv icted under ss.302/149 and convicted four co-accused also under s.302/149 along with the accused

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