GOPAL vs THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH HOME DEPARTMENT STATION HOUSE OFFICER — Crl.A. No. 361/2013

Summary of Crl.A. No. 361/2013 - Gopal v. State of Madhya Pradesh The Supreme Court partly allowed the appeal on 30.07.2025, modifying the appellants' conviction from murder (Section 302/149 IPC) to causing death by negligence (Section 304 Part-I IPC). The incident arose from a property dispute; the appellants had legally purchased the property from Pyaribai, and the opposite party's civil suit for possession was dismissed. The Court found the lower courts failed to properly consider the circumstances and ruled the occurrence constituted culpable homicide not amounting to murder. The sentence was modified to the time already served (7+ years), with all pending applications disposed of. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.