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Zainul v. The State of Bihar

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Reported as [2025] 11 S.C.R. 60
Bench J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan JJ.
Decided 7 October 2025

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the accused nos. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 respectively are entitled to the benefit of doubt.

Judgment, page 58

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration The High Court dismissed the appeal preferred by the appellants herein and thereby affirmed the judgment and order of conviction passed by the Trial Court in Sessions Case No. 124 of 1989 holding the appellants herein guilty of the offence of murder punishable u/s.302 r/w. s.149 of the Penal Code, 1860. Whether the High Court committed any error in passing the impugned judgment and order. Headnotes† Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302 and 149 – Prosecution case that PW-20 visited his agricultural field alongwith his brother – The accused nos. 2, 16, 17, and 21 respectively

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