Supreme Court of India

Raghav Prasad v. The State of Uttar Pradesh

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Bench B.R. Gavai and K. Vinod Chandran JJ.
Decided 26 September 2025

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What the Court ordered

In the result, we pass the following order: (i) The appeal is partly allowed; (ii) The conviction of the accused appellants under Section 302 of IPC is converted to one under Section 304 Part 1 of IPC; and (iii) Accused appellants have already undergone sentence of more than 12 years.

Judgment, page 8

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