MADHUSUDAN vs THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH HOME DEPARTMENT STATION HOUSE OFFICER — Crl.A. No. 1509/2010

Case under 1511Li-criminal Law : Criminal Matters Other Than Covered by the Aforesaid Categories(cases Where Life Sentence Is Imposed) Section II-E. Status: Disposed.

Disposed

CNR: SCIN010226282009

Filing Date

31-Jul-2009

Registration No

Crl.A. No. 1509/2010

Diary Number

22628/2009

Order Date

02-May-2024

Document Type

ROP - of Main Case

Disposal Type

Appeals Allowed

Last updated 06-Jul-2026

Acts & Sections

1511LI-Criminal Law : Criminal matters other than covered by the aforesaid categories(Cases where life sentence is imposed) Section II-E

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.MADHUSUDAN

    Adv. R. D. UPADHYAY (Dead / Retired / Elevated) [P-3] ANIS AHMED KHAN (Dead / Retired / Elevated) [P-2] V. N. RAGHUPATHY[P-1] V. N. RAGHUPATHY[P-3] V. N. RAGHUPATHY KHEYALI SINGH[P-2]

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH HOME DEPARTMENT STATION HOUSE OFFICER

    Adv. SUNNY CHOUDHARY[R-1] C. D. SINGH (Dead / Retired / Elevated)

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 02-May-2024

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  3. 02-May-2024

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  10. 21-Mar-2024

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  24. 31-Jan-2024

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  25. 24-Jan-2024

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  26. 18-Jan-2024

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  27. 17-Jan-2024

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  28. 10-Jan-2024

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  29. 06-Dec-2023

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  30. 06-Dec-2023

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    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia

  31. 06-Dec-2023

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  32. 30-Nov-2023

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  34. 23-Nov-2023

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  36. 09-Nov-2023

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    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah

  37. 08-Nov-2023

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    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah

  38. 02-Nov-2023

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    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra

  39. 12-Oct-2023

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    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hon'ble Mr. Justice B.R. Gavai

  40. 05-Oct-2023

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    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Hon'ble Mr. Justice C.T. Ravikumar and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia

  41. 24-Nov-2022

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  42. 24-Nov-2022

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    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Abhay S. Oka

  43. 22-Feb-2021

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  44. 22-Feb-2021

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    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Aniruddha Bose

  45. 17-Sep-2019

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  46. 17-Sep-2019

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    Hon'ble Ms. Justice Indu Malhotra and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjiv Khanna

  47. 12-Sep-2019

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    Initial hearing scheduled

  48. 06-Feb-2014

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  49. 30-Oct-2013

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  50. 16-Mar-2012

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  55. 16-Dec-2010

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  56. 09-Aug-2010

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  58. 09-Apr-2010

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  59. 02-Sep-2009

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  60. 31-Jul-2009

    Case filed

    Registration No. Crl.A. No. 1509/2010

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casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: Madhusudan & Ors. v. State of Madhya Pradesh Outcome: The Supreme Court allowed the appeal and acquitted all three appellants (Madhusudan, Ram Kripal, and Ramprakash), setting aside their life sentences and other convictions. Their bail bonds were discharged. Key Issue: The Court found that while the trial and High Court had mechanically substituted Section 34 IPC (common intention) for Section 149 IPC (unlawful assembly) without proper justification, the prosecution failed to establish common intention or link specific injuries to specific accused. Critical evidentiary gaps—including recovered weapons never chemically tested and all recovery witnesses turning hostile—rendered the conviction unsustainable, entitling the appellants to benefit of doubt. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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