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Dhirubhai Bhailalbhai Chauhan & Anr. v. State of Gujarat & Ors.

Penal Code, 1860 – ss.143, 147, 153A, 295, 436, 332 – Large rioting crowd comprising of over a thousand people

Allowed
Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
21 Mar 2025
Citation
[2025] 3 S.C.R. 904
Case no.
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 816/2016
Bench
Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha, Manoj Misra

Issue for consideration

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 anything further, was sufficient to of the unlawful assembly.

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