Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 219 · Decided 17 March 2011
COMMR. of Police and Ors v. Sandeep Kumar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 219 · [2011] 3 S.C.R. 964
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1430/2007
- Decided
- 17 March 2011
- Bench
- MARKANDEY KATJU, GYAN SUDHA MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 325, 34
Headnote
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