Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 19 · Decided 7 January 2022
Rajesh Prasad v. The State of Bihar and ANR. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 19 · [2022] 3 S.C.R. 1046
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 111/2015
- Decided
- 7 January 2022
- Bench
- L. NAGESWARA RAO, BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, B.V. NAGARATHNA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34, 120B; CrPC Section 378; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302/34, 120B - Explosive Substances Act, 1908 - ss. 3, 4 - In the instant case, the accused-respondent committed offence u/s 302 r/w 34 and 120B IPC by causing death of father of appellant-informant, and other deceased victim substance (bomb) and thereby was also charged u/s 3/ 4 of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908 - On trial, the accused was convicted and along with the term of imprisonment was also awarded death sentence - High Court acquitted him of all charges on the ground that there were flaws in
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