CHANDA vs STATE OF U.P. . — Crl.A. No. 241/1998

Case Summary: Chanda v. State of U.P. (Crl.A. 241/1998) The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of accused Chanda and others, upholding their conviction under Section 304 Part I IPC (causing death by negligence) read with Section 149 IPC (unlawful assembly), with 10 years imprisonment. The Court rejected arguments that Section 149 could not apply after co-accused Sartaj's acquittal, ruling that an unlawful assembly's common object to kill the deceased was established through evidence of group violence, armed members, and coordinated pursuit. Medical evidence confirmed death resulted from gunshot wounds (vertebral injury with embedded pellets), not septicemia, validating the conviction despite the accused's claim of insufficient individual roles. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.