Supreme Court of India

Merambhai Punjabhai Khachar v. State of Gujarat

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Decided 18 April 1996

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JUDGMENT: J U M N T HANSARIA, J. In these appeals we are concerned with the legality of conviction of the 15 appellants by the Special Designated Judge, Ahmedabad under various sections of law including 302/149, 307/149, 326/149 and section 3 of Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (for short ‘TADA’). The sentence awarded for the offence under section 302/149 is imprisonment for life and for section 3 TADA offence also imprisonment for life; for the offence under section 307/149 imprisonment for 10 years and for section 326/149 offence imprisonment for five years.

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