Supreme Court of India · 2013-05-21
YOGENDRA @ YOGESH vs STATE OF RAJASTHAN
- Citation / case number
- SC 2008/4094
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- YOGENDRA @ YOGESH
- Respondent
- STATE OF RAJASTHAN
- Author
- B.S. CHAUHAN
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA B.S. CHAUHAN
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the convictions under Section 302 IPC and Section 302/149 IPC, affirming the life sentences imposed on the appellants for murder, along with additional sentences under Section 148 IPC and Section 3/25 of the Arms Act, 1959. The Court clarified that the substantive sentences would run concurrently and modified some convictions while acquitting others. The judgment emphasized the application of Sections 302, 148 IPC, and the Arms Act in the context of a violent land dispute.