Supreme Court of India

Raju Ambadas Gangekar v. The State of Maharashtra

Neutral citation

Reported as [2019] 3 S.C.R. 1

Bench Dr. Dhananja Ya Y Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta JJ.

Decided 24 January 2019

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.

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 – s.304, Par t II – Mur der – Reversal of acquittal – Jurisdiction of Appellate Court – Pursuant to a quar rel, deceased and his colleague wer e allegedly chased by the accused – Appellant assaulted the deceased with a ‘gupti’ – PW -13, Police Constable was on patr olling duty in the ar ea and was alleged to have seen the appellant assault the deceased with a gupti – T rial court acquitted the accused – High Court, while confirming the acquittal of thr ee of the accused, convicted the appellant u/s.304 Part II, IPC– On appeal held: On the basis of the evidence, ther e is no

Authorities it was built on

2007 Chandrappa and Ors. v. State of Karnataka cited by 45
2012 Murugesan and Ors. v. State through Inspector of Police cited by 11
1978 Mohammad Hasnuddin v. Staib of Maharashtra cited by 11
2013 Prem Singh v. State of Haryana cited by 3
2013 Mookkiah v. State, Rep. by the Inspector of Police, Tamil Nadu cited by 2

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

An email address, no password.