Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 724 · Decided 14 October 2014
Ananda Poojary v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 724 · [2014] 10 S.C.R. 929
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2202/2014
- Decided
- 14 October 2014
- Bench
- JASTI CHELAMESWAR, A.K. SIKRI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 201; Constitution
Headnote
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