STATE OF MAHARASHTRA vs SOM NATH THAPA — Crl.A. No. 480/1996

Case under Section II-A. Status: Disposed.

Disposed

CNR: SCIN010079911995

Filing Date

23-Jun-1995

Registration No

Crl.A. No. 480/1996

Diary Number

7991/1995

Order Date

12-Apr-1996

Document Type

Judgment - of Main Case

Disposal Type

Dismissed

Last updated 03-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Section II-A

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

    Adv. P. PARMESWARAN

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.SOM NATH THAPA

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 12-Apr-1996

    Judgment - of Main CaseView PDF

  3. 23-Jun-1995

    Case filed

    Registration No. Crl.A. No. 480/1996

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casestatus.in Summary

Summary of State of Maharashtra v. Som Nath Thapa The Supreme Court examined appeals challenging charge-framing in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case. The Court upheld conspiracy charges against Somnath Thapa (an Additional Collector of Customs) and Raju Code Jain for abetting terrorist acts by facilitating smuggling of arms and RDX, finding sufficient prima facie evidence of their knowledge and intentional aid to the conspiracy, while discharging Abu Asim Azmi and Amjad Aziz Meharbaksh due to weak evidence and denying the State's plea to cancel Thapa's bail. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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