KANHAI SINGH vs STATE OF BIHAR — Crl.A. No. 870/1998

Case Summary: Kanhai Singh v. State of Bihar (Crl.A. No. 870/1998) The Supreme Court allowed the appeal of Kanhai Singh and Bhudeo Mandal on July 31, 2001, acquitting them of murder charges under Section 302 read with Section 149 IPC. The appellants were convicted by the trial court for inflicting lathi blows on the deceased during a group attack, but the court found insufficient evidence: only one post-mortem injury consistent with a lathi blow was identified, despite two accused allegedly inflicting such blows, making it impossible to establish which appellant caused the injury. The court directed their immediate release unless required in other cases. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.