SHIVE GOPE vs STATE OF BIHAR — Crl.A. No. 284/2004

Summary of Crl.A. No. 284/2004 (Shive Gope v. State of Bihar) Shive Gope appealed his conviction for murder under IPC Section 302 read with Section 34 and illegal firearms possession under the Arms Act Section 27(1), sentenced to life imprisonment with concurrent 3-year rigorous imprisonment. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal on March 29, 2005, upholding the High Court's conviction based on credible eyewitness testimony (Raj Kumar) corroborated by two other witnesses and medical evidence from the post-mortem report. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.