MUNNA KUMAR vs STATE OF BIHAR — Crl.A. No. 516/2004

Case Summary: Munna Kumar v. State of Bihar (Crl.A. No. 516/2004) The Supreme Court allowed Munna Kumar's appeal on 3 March 2005, setting aside his murder conviction under Section 302 IPC. While the court found sufficient evidence that Kumar fired a shot at victim Ashok Kumar's head, it found the prosecution failed to properly prove the cause of death due to improper presentation of the post-mortem report (an advocate's clerk testified without acquaintance with the doctor's handwriting). Kumar was convicted instead under Section 307 IPC (attempt to murder) and sentenced to 8 years imprisonment, with credit for time already served in jail. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.