Supreme Court · 1964 INSC 148 · Decided 4 May 1964
C. V. K. Rao v. Dentu Bhaskara Rao
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1964 INSC 148 · [1964] 8 S.C.R. 152
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1072/1963
- Decided
- 4 May 1964
- Bench
- P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, M. HIDAYATULLAH, K.C. DAS GUPTA, J.C. SHAH, RAGHUBAR DAYAL (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Representation of the People Act
Headnote
"· Stat• of U.P. Ga1endragadkar c. J. 1964 May, 4 152 SUPREME COURT REPORTS young men must have joined the unlawful assembly under pressure and influence of the elders of their respective families. The list of accused persons shows that the unlaw­ ful assembly was constituted have been compelled to join the unlawful assembly that morning by their elders, and so, we think that the ends of justice would be met if the sentences of death imposed on them are modified into sentences of life imprisonment. Accord­ ingly, we confirm the orders of convictio:i and sentence
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