NAURTU SINGH . vs STATE OF U.P. — Crl.A. No. 471/2000

Summary: Criminal Appeal No. 471 of 2000 Naurtu Singh v. State of U.P. (Decided March 9, 2006) The Supreme Court upheld the appellants' conviction under Section 304 Part-II IPC (read with Section 34) but allowed the appeal in part regarding sentencing. The Court reduced the 7-year rigorous imprisonment sentence to time already served and imposed Rs. 50,000 fine on each appellant, payable to the trial court within one month; failure to pay results in 3 additional years imprisonment. The collected fine shall be distributed equally to the deceased's wife and son. Appellants on bail were discharged from bail bond liability. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.