SURENDRA . vs STATE OF U.P. — SLP(Crl) No. 2874/2008

Summary of SLP(Crl) No. 2874/2008 - Surendra v. State of U.P. Five accused (Surendra, Narendra, Yogesh, Amar Pal, and Anil Kumar) were convicted of murder under Sections 147/148/302 read with 149 IPC for killing Ramchandra Singh in a premeditated attack on May 19, 1980. All received life sentences; Surendra and Narendra were additionally sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for Section 148, while others received 1 year for Section 147. The Allahabad High Court dismissed their appeals on November 14, 2007. The Supreme Court dismissed both Special Leave Petitions on February 28, 2012, rejecting arguments that the nature of injuries indicated culpable homicide rather than murder, finding the attack was pre-planned with established motive and all members shared common object to cause death. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.