KILEDAR SINGH vs STATE OF M.P. — Crl.A. No. 213 - 214/2001

Summary of Crl.A. No. 213-214/2001 – Kiledar Singh v. State of M.P. On November 21, 2002, the Supreme Court heard consolidated criminal appeals arising from a February 1996 land dispute shooting that killed two men (Vakil Singh and Vishambhar Singh) and injured two others. The trial court had convicted all 13 accused under Sections 302/149 and 307/149 IPC; the High Court acquitted 8 accused but upheld convictions of Kiledar Singh, Sewa Ram, Barelal, Shriram Singh, and Preetam Singh, converting their death sentences to life imprisonment. The Supreme Court allowed the State's appeals (Crl.A. Nos. 444-446/2002), finding no evidence of disassociation by the 8 acquitted accused and setting aside their acquittals; these 8 persons (Janak Singh, Bahadur Singh, Bharat Singh, Mahesh Singh, Badan Singh, Jabar Singh, Suresh Singh, and Surendra Singh) were directed to be taken into custody immediately to serve their remaining sentences. The Court dismissed the conviction appeals by the remaining accused (Crl.A. Nos. 213-216/2001) and the State's death sentence enhancement plea (Crl.A. No. 217/2001). This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.