Ujagar Yadav And ORS. vs STATE OF JHARKHAND Advocate - A.P.P., ,ANUP PAWAN TOPNO,,,, — Cr.A(DB)/1777/2003

Disposed: Contested--Allowed on 06th May 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: JHHC010156172003

Filing Number

Cr.A(DB)/12153/2003

Filing Date

17-Dec-2003

Registration No

Cr.A(DB)/1777/2003

Registration Date

17-Dec-2003

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--Allowed

Last updated 04-Jun-2026

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.Ujagar Yadav And ORS.

    Adv. SHREE PRAKASH JHA, ,KRISHNA MOHAN,PRAVEEN KUMAR,PRAVEEN KUMAR,P.N.JHA,KRISHNA MOHAN,P.N.JHA,P.N.JHA,PRAVEEN KUMAR,PRAVEEN KUMAR,P.N.JHA,KRISHNA MOHAN,KRISHNA MOHAN

  2. 2.Manku Yadav

  3. 3.Bhim Yadav

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.STATE OF JHARKHAND Advocate - A.P.P., ,ANUP PAWAN TOPNO,,,,

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 06-May-2026

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

    Case Summary: Ujagar Yadav & Ors. v. State of Jharkhand Court Decision: The Jharkhand High Court acquitted all three surviving appellants (Ujagar Yadav, Manku Yadav, and Bhim Yadav) and set aside their life sentences for murder under IPC §302/34, finding critical credibility gaps in witness testimony and insufficient circumstantial evidence. Key Reasoning: The court found irreconcilable contradictions between the primary witness (P.W.1 Bechan Yadav's account of leaving the victim with accused) and corroborating witness (P.W.8, the victim's son, stating all three went together). The "last seen theory" was deemed unreliable, hostile witnesses provided no support, and investigation showed procedural lapses. The court concluded the appellants were falsely implicated due to P.W.1's motive—a prior acquittal of these same accused in his father's 1987 murder case. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 21-Apr-2026

    Hearing (On Bail)

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

  4. 17-Mar-2026

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

  5. 17-Mar-2026

    Hearing (On Bail)

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

  6. 10-Mar-2026

    Hearing (On Bail)

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

  7. 24-Feb-2026

    Hearing (On Bail)

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

  8. 17-Feb-2026

    Hearing (On Bail)

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

  9. 10-Feb-2026

    Hearing (On Bail)

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

  10. 03-Feb-2026

    Hearing (On Bail)

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

  11. 27-Jan-2026

    Hearing (On Bail)

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

  12. 20-Jan-2026

    Hearing (On Bail)

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

  13. 14-Jan-2026

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

  14. 14-Jan-2026

    Hearing (On Bail)

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

  15. 04-Dec-2025

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

  16. 04-Dec-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

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

  17. 27-Nov-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

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

  18. 20-Nov-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

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

  19. 06-Nov-2025

    Hearing (On Bail)

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

  20. 07-Oct-2025

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

  21. 07-Oct-2025

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  22. 17-Dec-2003

    Case filed

    Registration No. Cr.A(DB)/1777/2003

casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: Ujagar Yadav & Ors. v. State of Jharkhand Court Decision: The Jharkhand High Court acquitted all three surviving appellants (Ujagar Yadav, Manku Yadav, and Bhim Yadav) and set aside their life sentences for murder under IPC §302/34, finding critical credibility gaps in witness testimony and insufficient circumstantial evidence. Key Reasoning: The court found irreconcilable contradictions between the primary witness (P.W.1 Bechan Yadav's account of leaving the victim with accused) and corroborating witness (P.W.8, the victim's son, stating all three went together). The "last seen theory" was deemed unreliable, hostile witnesses provided no support, and investigation showed procedural lapses. The court concluded the appellants were falsely implicated due to P.W.1's motive—a prior acquittal of these same accused in his father's 1987 murder case. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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