KISHORI vs STATE OF DELHI — Crl.A. No. 148/1998

Case under Section II-D. Status: Disposed.

Disposed

CNR: SCIN010009061998

Filing Date

20-Dec-1997

Registration No

Crl.A. No. 148/1998

Diary Number

906/1998

Order Date

01-Dec-1998

Document Type

Judgment - of Main Case

Disposal Type

Dismissed

Last updated 29-May-2026

Acts & Sections

Section II-D

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.KISHORI

    Adv. ASHOK K. SRIVASTAVA (Dead / Retired / Elevated)

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.STATE OF DELHI

    Adv. ANIL KATIYAR

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 01-Dec-1998

    Judgment - of Main CaseView PDF

  3. 20-Dec-1997

    Case filed

    Registration No. Crl.A. No. 148/1998

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casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: Kishori v. State of Delhi (1998) The Supreme Court affirmed Kishori's conviction for murder under Sections 148, 302 IPC read with Section 149 IPC for his role in killing three Sikhs during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots following Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination, finding credible eyewitness testimony identifying him as a mob member. However, the Court reduced his sentence from death to life imprisonment, holding that while the crime was serious, the appellant was a passive mob participant without leadership role, acting under temporary collective frenzy rather than premeditation, and thus did not qualify as a "rarest of rare case" warranting capital punishment. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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