BADI CHINNA RAO vs STATE OF A.P. — Crl.A. No. 356/2004

Summary: The Supreme Court granted special leave to appeal and disposed of Badi Chinna Rao's criminal appeal on 22 March 2004. Rao had been convicted of cheating and sentenced to one month imprisonment for refusing to marry a girl to whom he had promised marriage; however, the couple subsequently married and are now living as husband and wife. The Court allowed the prayer for compounding of the offence and quashed the conviction, discharging the bail bond. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.