DARBARI SOREN And ORS vs STATE OF JHARKHAND Advocate - S.N.RAJGARIA (A.P.P.), ,SAKET KUMAR — Cr.A(DB)/1541/2004

Disposed: Contested--Dismissed with modification on 06th May 2026.

Case disposed Next hearing 29-Aug-2012

CNR: JHHC010098522004

Filing Number

Cr.A(DB)/11878/2004

Filing Date

14-Sep-2004

Registration No

Cr.A(DB)/1541/2004

Registration Date

14-Sep-2004

Judge

Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

Coram

Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

Bench Type

Division Bench

Category

CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE ( 121 )

Sub-Category

Section 374(2) & 389(1) 389(2) ( 16 )

Judicial Branch

Criminal Section

Decision Date

06-May-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--Dismissed with modification

Last updated 04-Jun-2026

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.DARBARI SOREN And ORS

    Adv. MANOJ KUMAR SAH,RANJIT KUMAR,RANJIT KUMAR, ,RANJIT KUMAR,S P ROY,S P ROY,RANJIT KUMAR,S P ROY,RANJIT KUMAR,S P ROY,RANJIT KUMAR

  2. 2.Lakhi Ram Soren

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.STATE OF JHARKHAND Advocate - S.N.RAJGARIA (A.P.P.), ,SAKET KUMAR

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 06-May-2026

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay,hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar SrivastavaView PDF

  3. 06-May-2026

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay,hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar SrivastavaView PDF

  4. 06-May-2026

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay,hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar SrivastavaView PDF

    Case Summary: Cr.A(DB)/1541/2004 - Darbari Soren v. State of Jharkhand Court Decision: The Jharkhand High Court modified the appellants' conviction from murder (IPC §302/149) to culpable homicide not amounting to murder (IPC §304 Part-II), citing insufficient evidence of premeditation and criminal intent. The court credited 8+ years of pre-trial imprisonment as sentence served. Key Reasoning: The dispute arose suddenly during a Bandhana festival when the informant's family refused to participate in a dance. While the appellants returned with weapons and assaulted multiple persons, resulting in one death, the court found the injuries were "simple" in nature and the death resulted from shock and bleeding rather than deliberate intent to kill, warranting downgrading to §304 Part-II. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  5. 09-Apr-2026

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay,hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar SrivastavaView PDF

  6. 09-Apr-2026

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

  7. 12-Mar-2026

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay,hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar SrivastavaView PDF

  8. 12-Mar-2026

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

  9. 26-Feb-2026

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

  10. 29-Jan-2026

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay,hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar SrivastavaView PDF

  11. 29-Jan-2026

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Deepak Roshan

  12. 22-Jan-2026

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

  13. 15-Jan-2026

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

  14. 07-Jan-2026

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

  15. 23-Dec-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

  16. 16-Dec-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

  17. 09-Dec-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

  18. 02-Dec-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Gautam Kumar Choudhary

  19. 25-Nov-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

  20. 18-Nov-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

  21. 04-Nov-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

  22. 31-Oct-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

  23. 17-Oct-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

  24. 10-Oct-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

  25. 26-Sep-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

  26. 19-Sep-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

  27. 09-Sep-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

  28. 02-Sep-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

  29. 26-Aug-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

  30. 19-Aug-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

  31. 12-Aug-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

  32. 05-Aug-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

  33. 23-Jul-2025

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay,hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar SrivastavaView PDF

  34. 23-Jul-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ambuj Nath

  35. 23-Jun-2025

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay,hon'ble Mr. Justice Ambuj NathView PDF

  36. 23-Jun-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ambuj Nath

  37. 24-Apr-2025

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay,hon'ble Mr. Justice Ambuj NathView PDF

  38. 24-Apr-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ambuj Nath

  39. 17-Apr-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Sujit Narayan Prasad , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

  40. 03-Apr-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Sujit Narayan Prasad , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Gautam Kumar Choudhary

  41. 27-Mar-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Sujit Narayan Prasad , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Gautam Kumar Choudhary

  42. 20-Mar-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Sujit Narayan Prasad , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

  43. 06-Mar-2025

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Sujit Narayan Prasad,hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar SrivastavaView PDF

  44. 06-Mar-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Sujit Narayan Prasad , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

  45. 27-Feb-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Sujit Narayan Prasad , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Prasad

  46. 20-Feb-2025

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Sujit Narayan Prasad,hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay PrasadView PDF

  47. 20-Feb-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Sujit Narayan Prasad , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Navneet Kumar

  48. 13-Feb-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Sujit Narayan Prasad , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Prasad

  49. 06-Feb-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Sujit Narayan Prasad , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Navneet Kumar

  50. 30-Jan-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Sujit Narayan Prasad , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Navneet Kumar

  51. 23-Jan-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Sujit Narayan Prasad , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Prasad

  52. 16-Jan-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Sujit Narayan Prasad , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Navneet Kumar

  53. 03-Sep-2024

    Hon'ble Dr. Justice S. N. Pathak,hon'ble Mr. Justice Navneet KumarView PDF

  54. 04-Apr-2024

    Orders

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.chandrashekhar (As Acj) , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Navneet Kumar

  55. 03-Apr-2024

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.chandrashekhar (As Acj),hon'ble Mr. Justice Navneet KumarView PDF

  56. 03-Apr-2024

    Orders

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.chandrashekhar (As Acj) , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Navneet Kumar

  57. 03-Apr-2024

    Orders

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.chandrashekhar (As Acj) , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Navneet Kumar

  58. 22-Mar-2024

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.chandrashekhar (As Acj),hon'ble Mr. Justice Navneet KumarView PDF

  59. 29-Aug-2012

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  60. 14-Sep-2004

    Case filed

    Registration No. Cr.A(DB)/1541/2004

casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: Cr.A(DB)/1541/2004 - Darbari Soren v. State of Jharkhand Court Decision: The Jharkhand High Court modified the appellants' conviction from murder (IPC §302/149) to culpable homicide not amounting to murder (IPC §304 Part-II), citing insufficient evidence of premeditation and criminal intent. The court credited 8+ years of pre-trial imprisonment as sentence served. Key Reasoning: The dispute arose suddenly during a Bandhana festival when the informant's family refused to participate in a dance. While the appellants returned with weapons and assaulted multiple persons, resulting in one death, the court found the injuries were "simple" in nature and the death resulted from shock and bleeding rather than deliberate intent to kill, warranting downgrading to §304 Part-II. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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