KAPILDEO MANDAL vs STATE OF JHARKHAND — Crl.A. No. 1396 - 1397/2026

Summary of Crl.A. No. 001396-001397/2026 (Kapildeo Mandal v. State of Jharkhand) The Supreme Court partly allowed the appeals, upholding the conviction of four appellants under IPC Section 304 Part II (culpable homicide) but reduced their sentences to the period already undergone (approximately 2 years each). The incident arose from a trivial dispute in 2009 when a bullock ate straws during puffed rice preparation, leading to a verbal altercation where one appellant fatally struck the deceased with a lathi. The Court considered the trivial genesis and that appellants had spent years on bail before custody, warranting sentencing reduction. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.