Supreme Court · 1974 INSC 210 · Decided 16 October 1974

State of U.P. v. Mahendra Singh & ORS.

Court
Supreme Court of India
Citation
1974 INSC 210 · [1975] 2 S.C.R. 418
Case number
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 10/1971
Decided
16 October 1974
Bench
Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, R.S. SARKARIA (2-judge bench)
Outcome
Case Partly allowed
Case type
Criminal
Acts & sections cited
IPC Section 149

Headnote

U.P. v. MAHENDRA SINGH & ORS. October 16, 1974 (Y.V. CHANDRACHUD AND R..S. SARKARIA, JJ.) Indian Penal Code (Act 45 <if 1860;~ss. 141 and 149, Scope of. Practice- Sentence- Interference by Supreme' Court with order of acquittal of High Court. Eighteen persons were char~ed with various that one of the accused party was !!,ppointed as Thokdar to regulate the distribution of water; that on the day of the occurrence 1he acx:used pa11y consistini: of over 20 armed per&shy; sons, went to the field and the Thokdar ordered his compamons to divert the water from the field of one of

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