Supreme Court of India
Munishamappa & Ors. v. State of Karnataka
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the sentence which has been imposed by the High Court should be enhanced to ten years rigorous imprisonment.
Judgment, page 23
From the headnote
Criminal Law – Appeal against acquittal – Long-standing dispute between families of two br others, accused no.5 (since deceased) and CW -29 in r egard to ancestral pr operty – Litigation ensued – Officials fr om the Sur vey Depar tment came to conduct survey of the property – Altercation between the two families– Sur vey officials left the scene – Later , the accused persons r eturned to the scene, armed with lethal weapons and assaulted the family of complainants – ‘KR’ and ‘KE’, sons of CW -29 died – T rial cour t acquitted eleven accused persons tried for offences inter alia u/ss.143, 148,
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Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Rajul Manoj Shah Alias Rajeshwari Rasiklal Sheth v. Kiranbhai Shakrabhai Patel & Anr.
- 2023 Vijay v. Union of India & Ors.
Of those, 2 mentioned
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