DWARIKA MAHTO . vs STATE OF BIHAR — Crl.A. No. 978/1998

Summary: On 7 September 2001, the Supreme Court heard Criminal Miscellaneous Petition No. 5630/2001 filed in Criminal Appeal No. 978/1998 by Dwarika Mahto and others against the State of Bihar. The Court modified its previous order dated 1 August 2001 to correct references to appellant A3 Yogendra Mahto, who had died, by deleting statements that he was deceased and amending the order to include him as a party. The Court extended the sentencing benefit previously granted to A2 Mahender Mahto to A3 Yogendra Mahto as well, and disposed of the petition accordingly. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.