Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 685 · Decided 5 May 2009
Akbar Sheikh & ORS. v. State of West Bengal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 685 · [2009] 7 S.C.R. 518
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2040/2008
- Decided
- 5 May 2009
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, RAJENDRA MAL LODHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 141, 142, 143, 149
Headnote
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