Supreme Court of India

Gaurav Maini v. The State of Haryana

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Reported as [2024] 7 S.C.R. 333
Bench B.R. Gavai and Sandeep Mehta JJ.
Decided 9 July 2024

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What the Court ordered

Resultantly, the judgment dated 26th September, 2005 passed by the trial Court and the judgment dated 19th January, 2009 passed by the High Court are hereby quashed and set aside and the appeals are accordingly allowed.

Judgment, page 32

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Courts below, if justified in convicting and sentencing the appellants for the offences punishable u/ss. 364A, 392 and 120B IPC. Headnotes† Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 364A, 392 and 120B – Kidnapping for ransom – Robbery – Prosecution case that the appellants kidnapped a minor boy for ransom and robbed him, and on payment of ransom of Rs. One crore, the boy was released – FIR was registered by police on the basis of the secret information received by them while patrolling about such offences – Pursuant thereto, first disclosure of the incident made by the grandfather to the

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