Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 366 · Decided 5 September 2002
State of Karnataka v. M.N. Ramdas
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 366 · [2002] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 112
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 602/1993
- Decided
- 5 September 2002
- Bench
- S. RAJENDRA BABU, P. VENKATARAMA REDDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act
Headnote
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