CHOWA MANDAL vs STATE OF BIHAR — Crl.A. No. 411/1997

Case Summary: Chowa Mandal v. State of Bihar Decision: The Supreme Court partially allowed the appeal, downgrading the appellants' conviction from murder (IPC §302 read with §34) to causing grievous hurt (IPC §326 read with §34), and reduced their sentence from life imprisonment to 5 years rigorous imprisonment. The court found that while the accused struck the victim on the head with a lathi, they lacked any motive, intention, or knowledge that their act would cause death, making culpable homicide charges unjustified. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.