Supreme Court of India

Rohtas & Anr. v. State of Haryana

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Reported as [2020] 11 S.C.R. 983
Bench N.V. Ramana, Surya Kant and Aniruddha Bose JJ.
Decided 10 December 2020

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss.211-224, 386 – Alteration of charges – Permissibility of – Seven accu sed persons (one of whom died during trial) attacked victim-complainant – Six accused persons (including the three appellants-accused) co nvicted for offence u/ss.307 r/w s.149; s.148 – Appellants’ conviction u/ ss.307, 148 upheld by High Court and sentence u/s.3 07 reduced from seven years to five; other three co-accused pers ons acquitted – On appeal, held: ss.211-224 dealing with framing of charges in criminal trials, give significant flexibility to Courts to alter and rectify the

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