Supreme Court · 1981 INSC 62 · Decided 10 March 1981
Ram Manorath v. State of U.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1981 INSC 62 · [1981] 3 S.C.R. 195
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 345/1978
- Decided
- 10 March 1981
- Bench
- Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, A.P. SEN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 149
Headnote
v. STATE OF U.P. March JO. 1981 [ Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, C.J. AND A.P. SEN, J.] Indian Penal Code 1860, Ss. 302 and 149-Murders committed by members of an unlawful assembly-Acquittal of some-Effect on prosecution of remaining­ Death sentence for two and life sentence for others-Propriety of. while the others were sentenced to imprisonment for life. The High Court upheld the death sentence of two accused, acquitted one and confirmed the conviction of others. A B c The case of the prosecution was that on the day of the occurrence at about sun-set C shot dead two of the deceased while
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