Supreme Court of India

Nand Lal and Others v. The State of Chhattisgarh

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Reported as [2023] 2 S.C.R. 276
Bench B. R. Gavai, Vikram Nath and Sanjay Karol JJ.
Decided 14 March 2023

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What the Court ordered

In the result, we pass the following order: (i) The appeals are allowed; NAND LAL AND OTHERS v.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 – Murder – Prosecution case that previous enmity between the accused persons and the com plainant – Accused no. 11 assaulted the complainant and ther eafter, the complainant lodged an FIR – Said accused then alongwith the oth er accused armed with deadly weapons formed an unlawful assembl y, and assualted the victim-complainant’s father along with the prosecution witnesses, resulting in the death of th e victim – Conviction of the accused persons for the offences punisha ble u/s. 302 along with the other offences and sentenced to life imp risonment by the courts below

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 referred to

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