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Supreme Court judgments on Section 148, Indian Penal Code, 1860

24 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2024. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under Section 148 of this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

Nitya Nand vs State of U.P. & Anr.
SC · 4 September 2024
[2024] 9 S.C.R. 37 : 2024 INSC 655
Whether the prosecution could prove the charges against the appellant under Sections 148 and 302/149 IPC beyond reasonable doubt. Whether the appellant was a part of the unlawful assembly and if he actually took part in…
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.
Ranvir Singh etc. etc. vs The State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 12 January 2023
[2023] 1 S.C.R. 841 : 2023 INSC 25
Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 148, 302/149, 324/149, 304 Part-II – Acquittal under – Appellants-accused persons were charged of having committed an offence u/ss. 148, 302/149, 324/149 – Dehati Nalishi (Ex. P-28) was recorded as…
Ashok Kumar Singh Chandel vs State of U.P.
SC · 4 November 2022
[2022] 12 S.C.R. 1035 : 2022 INSC 1164
Penal Code, 1860 – s. 302 r/w s.149, s.307 r/w s.149 and s.148 – Arms Act, 1959 – ss.25 and 30 – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.293 – Murder of five persons – Seven accused – The deceased belonged to or were associ…
Md. Jabbar Ali & Ors. vs The State of Assam
SC · 17 October 2022
[2022] 15 S.C.R. 773 : 2022 INSC 1096
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302 r/w 149, 148,123 and 447 – Trial court convicted accused persons under different provisions of IPC including ss. 302 r/w 149, 148,123 and 447 – Prosecution had examined ten witnesses before tria…
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…
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…
Mahendra Singh and Ors. vs State of M.P.
SC · 3 June 2022
[2022] 6 S.C.R. 737 : 2022 INSC 637
Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 302 r/w s.149, and s.148 – Murder – Conviction of accused-appellants on basis of sole testimony of PW6 – High Court found PW6 to be in the category of a witness who was “neither wholly reliable nor…
The State of Uttar Pradesh vs Subhash @ Pappu
SC · 1 April 2022
[2022] 5 S.C.R. 832 : 2022 INSC 382
Penal Code, 1860: ss.146, 148, 149,302, 304 – Prosecution case was that six (out of which three persons were unknown) persons came to a shop and attacked the servant (deceased) of the shop with knife and hockey for refus…
Karan Singh vs The State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
SC · 2 March 2022
[2022] 2 S.C.R. 473 : 2022 INSC 253
Penal Code, 1860: s.302 r/w s.149; s.307 r/w s.149 and s.148 – Conviction of appellant along with other accused by trial court as well as by High Court under the aforesaid sections – Prosecution case was that there was d…
Subhash vs State of Uttar Pradesh
SC · 1 February 2022
[2022] 2 S.C.R. 258 : 2022 INSC 127
Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 r/w s.149 and s.148 – Murder – Informant was sitting with his brother, the deceased, on a cot when the six accused persons allegedly arrived at the scene – Allegation that A-3 and three other acc…
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…
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…
Balwan Singh vs The State of Chhattisgarh and Anr.
SC · 6 August 2019
[2019] 11 S.C.R. 1 : 2019 INSC 862
Penal Code, 1860: s.120-B and ss.148, 302/149– Case of the prosecution that on account of previous enmity with the victimdeceased, the appellant was talking with the other accused regarding preparation to kill him – Thei…
Peer Singh vs The State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 9 April 2019
[2019] 6 S.C.R. 549 : 2019 INSC 482
Penal Code, 1860: s.302 r/w s.148 and s.149 – Murder – Fifteen person tried for murder – Prosecution case was that the victim-deceased was returning to his village on his motor cycle and was accompanied by two pillion ri…
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,…
Gupteswar Behera vs State of Odisha and Another
SC · 14 December 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 1209 : 2018 INSC 1211
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 148, 149 and 302 – Prosecution case that victim attacked by five persons with sticks, axe and knife – PW 1, brother of the victim and investigating officer reached the place of occurrence – Victim,…
State of Uttar Pradesh vs Wasif Haider etc.
SC · 10 December 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 1161 : 2018 INSC 1181
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302 and 307 r/w ss.149, 148 – Appeal against acquittal – PW-2-Police Official got to know that a crowd of around 200-300 rioters was causing rampage and destruction at a temple – PW-2 accompanied by…
Palani vs State of Tamil Nadu
SC · 27 November 2018
[2018] 13 S.C.R. 658 : 2018 INSC 1105
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.148, 435 r/w. s.149 and s.302 r/w. s.149 – Case of the prosecution that when mother and brother of ‘S’ (PW-1 and PW-2 respectively) were going in an auto, ‘S’ along with PW-3 followed them on a moto…
Ramvir vs State of Uttar Pradesh
SC · 26 October 2018
[2018] 13 S.C.R. 547 : 2018 INSC 999
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.148, 149 and 302 – Case of the prosecution that the appellant along with five other persons armed with guns surrounded one ‘S’ and his son and fired shots whereupon ‘S’ on receiving injuries fell do…
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 –…
Bannareddy & Ors. vs State of Karnataka & Ors.
SC · 12 March 2018
[2018] 4 S.C.R. 623 : 2018 INSC 231
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.148, 341, 504, 326 r/w.149 – Prosecution case that accused No.2 picked up quarrel with P.W-2, thereafter on same day, the accused-appellants armed with weapons attacked P.W-2, P.W.-3 and P.W-5 – Cer…

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