ANAL SINGH . vs STATE OF BIHAR . — Crl.A. No. 1868/2010

The Supreme Court granted leave and disposed of Anal Singh's criminal appeal against the High Court of Patna's 2002 order, which had remanded the matter to trial court. The Court declined to interfere with the High Court's remand order, citing a seven-year delay in filing the petition and clarifying that the High Court's use of "could be convicted" under Section 302 IPC meant the accused had discretion among various penal provisions, not a mandatory conviction requirement. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.