Supreme Court of India

Surendra Singh v. State of Rajasthan and Anr.

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Reported as [2023] 3 S.C.R. 354
Bench M. R. Shah and C. T. Ravikumar JJ.
Decided 11 April 2023

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above and for the reason stated above the present appeal succeeds.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 – s.149 – Applicability of – High Court set aside the respondent-accused’s conviction for the o ffence punishable u/s.302/149, IPC on the ground that the initial charge- sheet was filed only against two accused persons (one of th em being the respondent) and the remaining three persons were subse quently arrayed as the accused and are being tried separately t hus, s.149, IPC shall not be attracted – Held: When five person s were specifically named in the FIR and are facing the tr ial though separately, s.149 IPC would be attracted – Thus, on ce the respondent was found to be

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