Supreme Court of India

Ranvir Singh Etc. Etc. v. The State of Madhya Pradesh

Neutral citation

Reported as [2023] 1 S.C.R. 841

Bench B. R. Ga V Ai and M. M. Sundresh JJ.

Decided 12 January 2023

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.

1 Supreme Court bench has cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

Resultantly, if all the members of a family and other residents of the village assembled at the place of occurrence, all such persons could not be condemned ipso facto as members of the unlawful assembly.

Judgment, page 21

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 148, 302/149, 324/149, 304 Part-II – Acquittal under – Appellants-accused persons were c harged of having committed an offence u/ss. 148, 302/149, 324/149 – Dehati Nalishi (Ex. P-28) was recorded as an FIR, in pursuance of the information given by one of the deceased person ‘ ’, in which he stated that he along with the other two persons (K and PW-12) was attacked by the appellants – The Statement of the w as recorded at the place of occurrence by PW-20 (Investigating officer) and later died at the hospital – Trial Court convicted the appellants – High Court confirmed

Authorities it was built on

1964 Masalti v. State of U. P cited by 86
1975 Munnu Raja & Anr. v. The State of Madhya Pradesh cited by 11
1984 Bhag Mal v. Ch. Parbhu Ram and Others cited by 10
2019 Anand Ramachandra Chougule v. Sidarai Laxman Chougala and Others cited by 4
2004 Charan Singh and Ors. v. State of Uttar Pradesh cited by 4
2009 Akbar Sheikh & Ors. v. State of West Bengal cited by 4
2010 Debashis Daw & Ors. v. State of West Bengal cited by 4
2016 Manoj Kumar Sharma & Ors. v. State of Chhattisgarh & Anr. cited by 4
2005 Mukhtiar Ahmed Ansari v. State (n.c.t. of Delhi) cited by 4
2017 Najabhai Desurbhai Wagh v. Valerabhai Deganbhai Vagh & Ors. cited by 3
2013 Vyas Ram @ Vyas Kahar & Ors. v. State of Bihar cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2025 Zainul v. The State of Bihar referred to

Of those, 1 referred to

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.