STATE OF U.P. vs MURLI — Crl.A. No. 1084/1998

Case under Section II. Status: Disposed.

Disposed

CNR: SCIN010131471998

Filing Date

22-Aug-1998

Registration No

Crl.A. No. 1084/1998

Diary Number

13147/1998

Order Date

28-Sep-2005

Document Type

ROP - of Main Case

Disposal Type

Dismissed

Last updated 06-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Section II

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.STATE OF U.P.

    Adv. JATINDER KUMAR BHATIA

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.MURLI

    Adv. RAKESH K. SHARMA

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 28-Sep-2005

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  3. 22-Aug-1998

    Case filed

    Registration No. Crl.A. No. 1084/1998

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casestatus.in Summary

Summary: State of U.P. v. Murli (Crl.A. No. 1084/1998) The Supreme Court reversed the High Court's decision and restored the murder conviction of respondent Murli under Section 302 IPC with life imprisonment. Murli had been convicted along with co-accused Harish Chandra for the fatal knife attack on Lala Ram Sarup during a land dispute; the High Court had erroneously downgraded the conviction to culpable homicide (Section 304 Part I) and reduced the sentence to 7 years, but the Supreme Court found this reasoning "perverse" given the planned attack with weapons and fatal abdominal wound. Murli was directed to be taken into custody immediately to serve the remaining sentence. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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