CASE DETAILS v. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA
Case at a glance
Outcome
Allowed
Accordingly, for reasons aforesaid, these appeals stand allowed
Provisions considered
- Indian Penal Code, 1860 ss. 120B, 302
- Constitution of India arts. 14, 21
Judgment
Firozuddin Basheeruddin v. State of Kerala (2001) 7 SCC 596 – held inapplicable. State of Uttar Pradesh v. Krishna Gopal (1988) 4 SCC 302 : [1988] 2 Suppl. SCR 391; Sanjay Dubey v. State of Madhya Pradesh 2023 SCC OnLine SC 610; Narendra Singh v. State of Madhya Pradesh (2004) 10 SCC 699 : [2004] 3 SCR 1148; Ranjeetsing Brahmajeetsing Sharma v. State of Maharashtra (2005) 5 SCC 294 : [2005] 3 SCR 345; Gudikanti Narasimhulu v. Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, (1978) 1 SCC 240 : [1978] 2 SCR 371 – relied on.
Questions this judgment answers
What did the Court decide in this case?
The Court recorded the following disposition: Accordingly, for reasons aforesaid, these appeals stand allowed
Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?
Indian Penal Code, 1860 — ss. 120B, 302; Constitution of India — arts. 14, 21.
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
No known negative treatment found in the Courts & Cases corpus.
Another 2 relationships are under human verification and not counted above.
This is a result about the indexed corpus, not a finding that the judgment remains good law. Coverage may be incomplete.
Later judgments that treat this case
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