Three police officers were charged with offenses related to the death of Ram Dhiraj Tiwari while in police custody. Rafiuddin Khan (accused No. 1) served as the Sub Inspector at Kure Bhar Police Station, Shamsher Ali (accused No. 2) was a Beat Constable, and Gauri Shankar Sharma (accused No. 3) held...

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State of Haryana Vs. Uttam Alias Cheaku [1987] INSC 123 (21 April 1987)

Judgement Date : april/1987, Citation : 1987 Latest Caselaw 123 SC

Headnote :

The respondent, along with three others, faced trial for offenses under sections 395, 397, and 412 of the Indian Penal Code. The prosecution claimed that the respondent intentionally collided his car with that of P.W. 5 on the Delhi-Jaipur Road, while P.W. 5 was traveling to Jaipur with his wife, P....

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Raj Kumar Singh Vs. State of Bihar & Ors [1986] INSC 202 (26 September 1986)

Judgement Date : september/1986, Citation : 1986 Latest Caselaw 202 SC

Headnote :

The Bihar Control of Crimes Act, 1981 was established to implement specific measures aimed at controlling and suppressing anti-social elements to ensure public order. Section 2(d) defines \"Anti-Social Element,\" while Section 12 addresses the authority to issue orders for the detention of certain i...

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State of Rajasthan Vs. Sukhpal Singh & Ors [1982] INSC 101 (16 December 1982)

Judgement Date : december/1982, Citation : 1982 Latest Caselaw 101 SC

Headnote :

A group of seven or eight armed robbers stormed a bank in Bayana, intimidating and assaulting the staff, and made off with currency notes totaling Rs. 15,253. They placed the money in a black box and fled in an Ambassador car. An FIR was filed within thirty minutes of the robbery, and wireless alert...

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Nimeon Sangma & Ors Vs. Home Secretary, Govt. of Meghalaya & Ors [1979] INSC 91 (30 April 1979)

Judgement Date : april/1979, Citation : 1979 Latest Caselaw 91 SC

Headnote :

In their request for a writ of habeas corpus, the petitioners claimed that a significant number of individuals were being unlawfully detained under the pretense of judicial proceedings.

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Hussainara Khatoon & Ors Vs. Home Secretary, State of Bihar, Patna [1979] INSC 67 (9 March 1979)

Judgement Date : march/1979, Citation : 1979 Latest Caselaw 67 SC

Headnote :

During the resumed hearing of the petition concerning the release of under-trial prisoners in the State of Bihar.

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Hussainara Khatton & Ors Vs. Home Secretary, State of Bihar, Patna [1979] INSC 53 (26 February 1979)

Judgement Date : february/1979, Citation : 1979 Latest Caselaw 53 SC

Headnote :

During the subsequent hearing regarding the release of under-trial prisoners in Bihar,IT WAS DECIDED: (a)(i) The term \'protective custody\' serves as a euphemism that conceals the reality of imprisonment. It is a phrase designed to soothe moral concerns. This so-called \'protective custody\' consti...

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Lingala Vijayakumar & Ors Vs. Public Prosecutor, Andhra Pradesh [1978] INSC 122 (2 August 1978)

Judgement Date : august/1978, Citation : 1978 Latest Caselaw 122 SC

Headnote :

The appellants were properly prosecuted, found guilty, and sentenced to 2.5 years of rigorous imprisonment each for the crime of robbing the State Bank through dacoity. Appeals from both the defendants and the State resulted in the sentence being increased to seven years of rigorous imprisonment for...

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Munir Sayed Ibna Hussain Vs. The State of Maharashtra & ANR [1975] INSC 276 (12 November 1975)

Judgement Date : november/1975, Citation : 1975 Latest Caselaw 274 SC

Headnote :

The appellant, who owns a hotel, was charged alongside five others for forcibly evicting the complainant, who served as the hotel\'s manager, and for misappropriating certain assets, including money belonging to the complainant. The appellant contended that the complainant was only a licensee. The T...

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Gouri Shankar Jha Vs. The State of Bihar & Ors [1972] INSC 22 (20 January 1972)

Judgement Date : january/1972, Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 22 SC

Headnote :

In the appeal against the High Court\'s decision to dismiss the appellant\'s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the appellant argued that he was not presented before a magistrate within the 24-hour timeframe mandated by section 167 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, nor was he presented later. He...

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Rajindra Nath Mahato Vs. T. Ganguly, Dy. Superintendent & ANR [1971] INSC 330 (2 December 1971)

Judgement Date : december/1971, Citation : 1971 Latest Caselaw 330 SC

Headnote :

After acknowledging an offence against the respondent, the Magistrate conducted an inquiry and submitted a report to the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, indicating that a prima facie case existed against the respondents. The Sub-Divisional Magistrate then ordered the issuance of process. However, the Hig...

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Shivappa & Ors Vs. State of Mysore [1970] INSC 24 (19 February 1970)

Judgement Date : february/1970, Citation : 1970 Latest Caselaw 24 SC

Headnote :

Two carts filled with cloth, returning from a weekly village market, were robbed by a group of over 20 individuals. The homes of 20 people, including the 14 appellants, were searched, and the stolen cloth was found in their possession. They were tried and convicted under Section 395 of the Indian Pe...

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Harnath Singh Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh [1968] INSC 233 (27 September 1968)

Judgement Date : september/1968, Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 233 SC

Headnote :

The appellant, suspected of involvement in a dacoity, was presented for identification by witnesses during a test identification parade overseen by a Third Class Magistrate. The Magistrate documented the identification by a witness in Column 5 of the required form, and in Column 7, he noted addition...

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Jamuna Singh & Ors Vs. Bhadai Sah [1963] INSC 199 (4 October 1963)

Judgement Date : october/1963, Citation : 1963 Latest Caselaw 227 SC

Headnote :

The complainant filed a grievance with the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, claiming that the appellants attacked him with sticks and forcibly removed currency notes from his pocket. After conducting an examination under Section 200 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Magistrate issued the following di...

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Nand Kumar & Ors Vs. State of Rajasthan [1962] INSC 195 (3 May 1962)

Judgement Date : may/1962, Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 195 SC

Headnote :

The appellants were found guilty under Section 302, Section 377, and Section 395 of the Indian Penal Code. The convictions by both the Trial Court and the High Court were primarily based on the retracted confessions of the first three appellants, which were supported by additional circumstantial evi...

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Sarjug Rai & Ors Vs. The State of Bihar [1957] INSC 90 (28 October 1957)

Judgement Date : october/1957, Citation : 1957 Latest Caselaw 90 SC

Headnote :

The appellants were tried by an Assistant Sessions judge for the crime of dacoity under Section 395 of the Indian Penal Code.According to Section 31(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (as it was at that time), the Assistant Sessions judge had the authority to impose a maximum sentence of seven yea...

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Ramkishan Mithanlal Sharma Vs. The State of Bombay [1954] INSC 99 (22 October 1954)

Judgement Date : october/1954, Citation : 1954 Latest Caselaw 99 SC

Headnote :

The investigation in this matter commenced on April 20, 1951, under the City of Bombay Police Act (Bombay Act IV of 1902), as the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure were not applicable to the Bombay City Police due to section 1(2)(a) of the Code. In 1951, the Bombay Police Act (Bombay Act...

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State Bare Acts

Andhra Pradesh State Laws 362 Arunachal Pradesh State Laws 77 Assam State Laws 302 Bihar State Laws 525 Chandigarh Local Acts 30 Chhattisgarh State Laws 148 Delhi Local Laws 320 Goa State Laws 216 Gujarat State Laws 405 Haryana State Laws 492 Himachal Pradesh State Laws 306 Jammu and Kashmir State Laws 344 Jharkhand State Laws 284 Karnataka State Laws 263 Kerala State Laws 310 Madhya Pradesh State Laws 553 Maharashtra State Laws 862 Manipur State Laws 68 Mizoram State Laws 84 Nagaland State Laws 104 Odisha State Laws 731 Puducherry State Laws 108 Punjab State Laws 669 Rajasthan State Laws 730 Sikkim State Laws 107 Tamil Nadu State Laws 693 Telangana State Laws 32 Tripura State Laws 87 UP State Laws 914 Uttarakhand State Laws 131 West Bengal State Laws 738

Central Acts Categories

Supreme Court (SC) Judgements on IPC Section 395. Punishment for dacoity

List of Judgements

Rajan Vs. The Home Secretary, Home Department of Tamil Nadu

Jahangir Hussain Vs. State of West Bengal

Raju Manjhi Vs. State of Bihar [August 02, 2018]

Mukesh & ANR. Vs. State for NCT of Delhi & Ors. [May 05, 2017]

State (through) Central Bureau of Investigation Vs. Shri Kalyan Singh (former CM of UP) & Ors. [April 19, 2017]

Pareshbhai Annabhai Sonvane Vs. State of Gujarat & Ors. [March 18, 2016]

Sanjiv Kumar @ Gora Vs. State of Punjab [March 19, 2015]

V. K. Verma Vs. CBI. [February 14, 2014]

Manoj Giri Vs. State of Chhatisgarh [May 08, 2013]

Gopal Singh Vs. State of Uttarakhand [february 08, 2013]

Deepak @ Wireless Vs. State of Maharashtra [September 04, 2012]

M/s. National Seeds Corporation Ltd. Vs. M. Madhusudhan Reddy and another [January 16, 2012]

Shiv Shankar Singh Vs. State of Bihar &amp; ANR.

Ghure and Ors., Vs State of Rajasthan

State of Rajasthan Vs.Talevar &amp; ANR.

Ram Babu Vs. State of U.P. [2010] INSC 287 (19 April 2010)

State of U.P. Vs. Ram Sajivan & Ors. [2009] INSC 1785 (4 December 2009)

Arjun Mahto Vs. State of Bihar [2008] INSC 1355 (13 August 2008)

Raj Kumar @ Raju Vs. State of Uttaranchal [2008] INSC 590 (7 April 2008)

Dilawar Singh Vs. State of Delhi [2007] Insc 895 (5 September 2007)

Heera & Anr Vs. State of Rajasthan [2007] Insc 705 (20 June 2007)

Lallan Chaudhary & Ors Vs. State of Bihar & Anr [2006] Insc 647 (12 October 2006)

Rajinder Prasad Vs. Bashir & Ors [2001] Insc 498 (19 September 2001)

State of Maharashtra & ANR Vs. Najakat Alia Mubarak Ali [2001] INSC 293 (9 May 2001)

Babu Kuttan R.Pillai & ANR Vs. State of Maharashtra [2000] INSC 673 (15 December 2000)

Ramanand Ramnath Vs. The State of Madhya Pradesh [1996] INSC 518 (10 April 1996)

A.E.Rani Vs. V.S.R. Sarma [1994] INSC 684 (14 December 1994)

Anshad Vs. State of Karnataka [1994] INSC 258 (22 April 1994)

Gauri Shanker Sharma Vs. State of U.P [1990] INSC 5 (12 January 1990)

State of Haryana Vs. Uttam Alias Cheaku [1987] INSC 123 (21 April 1987)

Raj Kumar Singh Vs. State of Bihar &amp; Ors [1986] INSC 202 (26 September 1986)

State of Rajasthan Vs. Sukhpal Singh &amp; Ors [1982] INSC 101 (16 December 1982)

Nimeon Sangma &amp; Ors Vs. Home Secretary, Govt. of Meghalaya &amp; Ors [1979] INSC 91 (30 April 1979)

Hussainara Khatoon &amp; Ors Vs. Home Secretary, State of Bihar, Patna [1979] INSC 67 (9 March 1979)

Hussainara Khatton &amp; Ors Vs. Home Secretary, State of Bihar, Patna [1979] INSC 53 (26 February 1979)

Lingala Vijayakumar &amp; Ors Vs. Public Prosecutor, Andhra Pradesh [1978] INSC 122 (2 August 1978)

Munir Sayed Ibna Hussain Vs. The State of Maharashtra &amp; ANR [1975] INSC 276 (12 November 1975)

Gouri Shankar Jha Vs. The State of Bihar &amp; Ors [1972] INSC 22 (20 January 1972)

Rajindra Nath Mahato Vs. T. Ganguly, Dy. Superintendent &amp; ANR [1971] INSC 330 (2 December 1971)

Shivappa &amp; Ors Vs. State of Mysore [1970] INSC 24 (19 February 1970)

Harnath Singh Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh [1968] INSC 233 (27 September 1968)

Jamuna Singh &amp; Ors Vs. Bhadai Sah [1963] INSC 199 (4 October 1963)

Nand Kumar &amp; Ors Vs. State of Rajasthan [1962] INSC 195 (3 May 1962)

Sarjug Rai &amp; Ors Vs. The State of Bihar [1957] INSC 90 (28 October 1957)

Ramkishan Mithanlal Sharma Vs. The State of Bombay [1954] INSC 99 (22 October 1954)

State Bare Acts

Shiv Shankar Singh Vs. State of Bihar & ANR.

State of Rajasthan Vs.Talevar & ANR.

Raj Kumar Singh Vs. State of Bihar & Ors [1986] INSC 202 (26 September 1986)

State of Rajasthan Vs. Sukhpal Singh & Ors [1982] INSC 101 (16 December 1982)

Nimeon Sangma & Ors Vs. Home Secretary, Govt. of Meghalaya & Ors [1979] INSC 91 (30 April 1979)

Hussainara Khatoon & Ors Vs. Home Secretary, State of Bihar, Patna [1979] INSC 67 (9 March 1979)

Hussainara Khatton & Ors Vs. Home Secretary, State of Bihar, Patna [1979] INSC 53 (26 February 1979)

Lingala Vijayakumar & Ors Vs. Public Prosecutor, Andhra Pradesh [1978] INSC 122 (2 August 1978)

Munir Sayed Ibna Hussain Vs. The State of Maharashtra & ANR [1975] INSC 276 (12 November 1975)

Gouri Shankar Jha Vs. The State of Bihar & Ors [1972] INSC 22 (20 January 1972)

Rajindra Nath Mahato Vs. T. Ganguly, Dy. Superintendent & ANR [1971] INSC 330 (2 December 1971)

Shivappa & Ors Vs. State of Mysore [1970] INSC 24 (19 February 1970)

Jamuna Singh & Ors Vs. Bhadai Sah [1963] INSC 199 (4 October 1963)

Nand Kumar & Ors Vs. State of Rajasthan [1962] INSC 195 (3 May 1962)

Sarjug Rai & Ors Vs. The State of Bihar [1957] INSC 90 (28 October 1957)