Supreme Court of India

Yuvraj Laxmilal Kanther & Anr. v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2025] 3 S.C.R. 502
Bench Abhay S. Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan JJ.
Decided 6 March 2025

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that both the Trial Court and the High Court fell in error in rejecting the discharge applications of the appellants.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Issue arose as to whether the High Court was correct in dismissing the revision application filed by the appellants assailing the order of the trial court dismissing their discharge applications u/s.227 CrPC. Headnotes† Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.227 – Discharge – Penal Code, 1860 – ss.34, 304 Part II, 304A – Culpable homicide not amounting to murder – Appellant no.1 was doing interior decoration of the shop on contract basis and the appellant no.2 was the Store Manager of the company which had taken the said shop on lease – Two employees of appellant no.1

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