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Chandrapal v. State of Chhattisgarh (earlier M.p.)

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Reported as [2022] 3 S.C.R. 366
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and Bela M. Trivedi JJ.
Decided 27 May 2022

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons stated above, the appeal deserves to be allowed and is accordingly allowed.

Judgment, page 15

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Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302 and 201/34 – Murder – Prosecution case that a girl and a boy having a love affair went missing and ten days later their dead bodies found hanging on the t ree in decomposed state – Allegations of murder against th e appellant- accused and other co-accused – Conviction u/ss. 302/34 and 201/ 34 and sentenced accordingly – In appeal, the High Co urt upheld the order of conviction and sentence as regards the appellant, however, set aside the conviction of co-accused u/s . 302/34, but upheld for the offence u/s. 201/34 – On appeal, held: If the evidence of prosecution

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