Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 500 · Decided 11 October 2001
Sunil Bajaj v. State of M.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 500 · [2001] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 51
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1029/2001
- Decided
- 11 October 2001
- Bench
- U.C. BANERJEE, SHIVARAJ V. PATIL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 306
Headnote
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