Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 887 · Decided 9 October 2023
Chandra Pratap Singh v. State of M.P
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 887 · [2023] 13 S.C.R. 761
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1209/2011
- Decided
- 9 October 2023
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, PANKAJ MITHAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34, 201, 148; CrPC Section 386
Headnote
HEADNOTES Issue for consideration: Whether the High Court was justifi ed in altering the charge u/s. 302 read with ss. 148 and/or 149 to a charge u/s. 302/34 IPC, and convicting and sentencing the appellant for the off ence punishable u/s 302/34 and u/s. 201 IPC. Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302 Murder - Common intention - Causing disappearance of evidence of off ence, or giving false information to screen off ender - Conviction of accused persons for the off ence punishable u/s. 302 rw ss. 148 and 149 and s. 201 and sentenced accordingly, for committing triple
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