HARIPRASAD @ KISHAN SAHU vs THE STATE OF CHHATTISGARH HOME DEPARTMENT STATION HOUSE OFFICER — Crl.A. No. 1182/2012

Case under Section II-C. Status: Disposed.

Disposed

CNR: SCIN010152632011

Filing Date

06-May-2011

Registration No

Crl.A. No. 1182/2012

Diary Number

15263/2011

Order Date

07-Nov-2023

Document Type

Judgement - of Main Case

Neutral Citation

2023 INSC 986

Disposal Type

Appeals Allowed

Last updated 05-Jul-2026

Acts & Sections

Section II-C

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.HARIPRASAD @ KISHAN SAHU

    Adv. MRIDULA RAY BHARADWAJ

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.THE STATE OF CHHATTISGARH HOME DEPARTMENT STATION HOUSE OFFICER

    Adv. GAUTAM NARAYAN (Dead / Retired / Elevated) [R-1]

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 07-Nov-2023

    Judgement - of Main CaseView PDF

  3. 07-Nov-2023

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  4. 07-Nov-2023

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Ms. Justice Bela M. Trivedi and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha

  5. 12-Oct-2023

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  6. 12-Oct-2023

    After Week/Month/Vacation

    Hon'ble Ms. Justice Bela M. Trivedi and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Dipankar Datta

  7. 11-Oct-2023

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  8. 11-Oct-2023

    After Week/Month/Vacation

    Hon'ble Ms. Justice Bela M. Trivedi and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Dipankar Datta

  9. 24-Aug-2023

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  10. 24-Aug-2023

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  11. 17-Feb-2015

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  12. 17-Feb-2015

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  13. 03-Dec-2014

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  14. 16-Sep-2014

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  15. 16-Sep-2014

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  16. 06-Aug-2012

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  17. 16-Mar-2012

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  18. 06-May-2011

    Case filed

    Registration No. Crl.A. No. 1182/2012

  19. [ 2023 INSC 986 ]

    Judgement - of Main CaseView PDF

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Summary The Supreme Court acquitted Hariprasad (appellant) of murder charges, setting aside his life sentence conviction. The court found the prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the deceased died from poison administration, citing lack of motive evidence, absent medical expert opinion on cause of death despite organophosphorus pesticide findings, and weakly corroborated dying declarations as sole direct evidence. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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