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Supreme Court judgments on Section 147, Indian Penal Code, 1860

14 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2025. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under Section 147 of this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

Dhirubhai Bhailalbhai Chauhan & Anr. vs State of Gujarat & Ors.
SC · 21 March 2025
[2025] 3 S.C.R. 904 : 2025 INSC 381
Whether the High Court was justified in reversing the judgment of acquittal passed by the Trial Court qua the appellants; whether in the facts of the case, mere presence of the appellants at the scene of crime, without a…
Shashikant Sharma & Ors. vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.
SC · 1 December 2023
[2023] 15 S.C.R. 1067 : 2023 INSC 1036
Whether the prima facie ingredients of the offence punishable u/s. 3(2)(v) of the SC/ST Act were made out against the appellants.
Aminuddin vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.
SC · 23 September 2022
[2022] 19 S.C.R. 271 : 2022 INSC 1020
Bail – Grant of, on parity – When not justified – Penal Code, 1860 – ss.147, 148, 149, 302, 352 and 34 – Held: When the bail granted to co-accused person has been disapproved by Supreme Court and such grant of bail to co…
Zakir Abdul Mirajkar vs The State of Maharashtra & Ors.
SC · 24 August 2022
[2022] 9 S.C.R. 150 : 2022 INSC 855
Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act,1999 – ss.2(1)(f), 3(1)(ii), 3(2), 3(4), 3(5), 18, 23 and 427 – Penal Code 1860 – ss. 143, 147, 149, 395, 307, 353, 332, 155, 109, 324, 323 and 427 – Maharashtra Prevention of G…
Ramabora @ Ramaboraiah & Anr. vs State of Karnataka
SC · 10 August 2022
[2022] 4 S.C.R. 827 : 2022 INSC 809
Penal Code,1860 – ss.143,144,148,147,448,302 and 149 – 22 accused formed unlawful assembly, armed with deadly weapon and trespassed into the house of victim-deceased and committed the murder of victim in furtherance of a…
Laxman Prasad Pandey vs The State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.
SC · 11 December 2021
[2021] 9 S.C.R. 629 : 2021 INSC 874
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.147, 148, 149, 307, 302, 188 and s.120B – Arms Act – s.27/30 – Two FIRs were filed, both pertained to the same incident – There was a clash of two groups by using firearms which resulted in indiscri…
Lala @anurag Prakash Aasre vs The State of Maharashtra
SC · 24 August 2021
[2021] 8 S.C.R. 501 : 2021 INSC 415
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302, 120B, 147, 148 and 324 – Unlawful assembly with common object of causing death – Prosecution case that dispute between the parties – Deadly assault on victim by 10-12 persons carrying sharp edg…
Lakshman Singh vs State of Bihar (Now Jharkhand)
SC · 23 July 2021
[2021] 6 S.C.R. 723 : 2021 INSC 352
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 327 and 147 – Prosecution case was that on the day of general election PW-8 was issuing slips to the voters 200 yards away from pooling booth – Accused persons who belonged to another village came t…
Ramji Singh & Ors. vs The State of Uttar Pradesh
SC · 11 December 2019
[2019] 14 S.C.R. 253 : 2019 INSC 1357
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.147, 149, 452, 449 and 302 – Murder – Prosecution case that six persons (A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5 and A6) who were heavily armed, two of them with guns, killed victim in broad daylight between 12 and…
State of Uttarakhand vs Darshan Singh
SC · 7 November 2019
[2019] 14 S.C.R. 338 : 2019 INSC 1221
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.147, 148, 149 and 302 – Murder – Acquittal of accused by the High Court – Prosecution case was that PW-1, his father, mother and maternal uncle-PW-4 were going on a tractor and PW-2 was following th…
Fainul Khan vs State of Jharkhand and Another
SC · 4 October 2019
[2019] 13 S.C.R. 924 : 2019 INSC 1127
Penal Code, 1860: ss.302/149 and ss.323/149 and s.147 – Conviction under – Plea of appellant that charge was framed under ss.302/149 and ss.323/149 against six persons but charge under s.147 was against four persons only…
Dauwalal @ Ganesh Devangan & Ors. vs State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 15 March 2019
[2019] 4 S.C.R. 247 : 2019 INSC 389
Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 r/w s.149 and s.147, 148, 323, 342, 450 – FIR lodged by Informant-PW-2 that his cousin was fatally assaulted – 17 persons including the appellants were tried for the offences punishable u/ss.147,…
Menoka Malik and Others vs The State of West Bengal and Others
SC · 28 August 2018
[2018] 10 S.C.R. 707 : 2018 INSC 751
Penal Code, 1860: ss.147, 148, 149, 342, 448, 325, 326, 436, 379, 307 and 302 – Political rivalry – Mob assault – Use of sharp and pointed weapons – Death of 5 persons and serious injuries to several persons – Prosecutio…
Motiram Padu Joshi and Others vs The State of Maharashtra
SC · 10 July 2018
[2018] 9 S.C.R. 267 : 2018 INSC 594
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.147, 148 and 302 r/w s.149 – Faction rivalry – Murder – Appeal against conviction – On the fateful day, victim-deceased was lying on the cot in the courtyard and PWs 3 and 4 were sitting near him –…

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