SUBEDAR PAL v. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 995 OF 2026 @ SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) NO.20351/2025

1. Heard.

2. Leave granted.

3. Appellant who has been arraigned as an

accused for the offences punishable under Sections

302, 307, 294, 323, 324, 147, 148, 149 of the

Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 25, 25-B and

27 of the Arms Act is seeking for regular bail.

4. The gist of the prosecution case is that the

accused persons had abused informant and his

brothers and threatened them that they would visit

their residence and when they were proceeding to

their residence, Kamlesh Sharma who was having a

country made pistol, Suraj Sharma having baka,

Satyadev Prakash having palta, Raja @ Rajesh

Bhadoriya, Subedar Pal and Virendra Sharma

carrying wooden stick came to their house, abused

and when the informant’s brother Dilip intervened

and prevented the accused persons from abusing and

at that point of time Kamlesh Sharma caught hold

of the hands of Dilip and Lokendra Sharma fired

with an intent to commit murder and as a result,

Dilip sustained bullet injury on his back and fell

down. It is further stated in the complaint that

Subedar Pal (appellant herein) and Virendra Sharma

who had come with wooden sticks had assaulted the

brothers with the sticks and Satyadev Prakash h...