Om Pal vs State Of U.P. (Now State Of Uttarakhand)

insc-2025-1262 Supreme Court of India 28 October 2025 • CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1624 OF 2011 • 28 min read
27 cases cited (0 SG, 27 foreign) Cited by 2 cases

Practice Areas

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Constitution of India Indian Penal Code, 1860 Uttar Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2000

Judges (2)

Prashant Kumar Mishra Delivered Sanjay Karol Coram

Parties (2)

State of Uttar Pradesh Respondent Om Pal Appellant

Case Significance

Om Pal vs State Of U.P. (Now State Of Uttarakhand) is a Supreme Court of India decision dated October 28, 2025 (citation: insc-2025-1262). Appellants convicted of murder under Section 302 read with Section 149 IPC challenged their conviction. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeals, finding the prosecution established beyond doubt that the appellants formed an unlawful assembly and committed murder with sharp-edged weapons. The bench comprised Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Sanjay Karol. The judgment was delivered by Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra.

This case has been cited by 2 subsequent judgments. The judgment references 27 case citations.

Summary

Appellants convicted of murder under Section 302 read with Section 149 IPC challenged their conviction. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeals, finding the prosecution established beyond doubt that the appellants formed an unlawful assembly and committed murder with sharp-edged weapons.

What was the outcome of Om Pal vs State Of U.P. (Now State Of Uttarakhand)?

Appellants convicted of murder under Section 302 read with Section 149 IPC challenged their conviction. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeals, finding the prosecution established beyond doubt that t...

Statutes Cited

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Constitution of India
Art 136
Indian Penal Code, 1860
Uttar Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2000
s 35

Cases Cited (27)

IN (27)
(1973) 3 SCC 219 (1975) 3 SCC 219 (1976) 1 SCC 28 (1979) 2 SCC 297 (1991) 2 SCC 432 (1994) 6 SCC 29 (1996) 9 SCC 40 (2000) 9 SCC 88 (2001) 6 SCC 71 (2004) 7 SCC 629 (2006) 11 SCC 420 (2006) 11 SCC 444 (2006) 12 SCC 459 (2006) 13 SCC 587 (2006) 4 SCC 653 (2006) 7 SCC 391 (2007) 2 SCC (Cri) 214 (2008) 16 SCC 73 (2009) 9 SCC 719 (2010) 10 SCC 259 (2010) 4 SCC (Cri) 182 (2011) 3 SCC 654 (2011) 9 SCC 115 (2016) 3 SCC 317 (2022) 8 SCC 253 (2023) 12 SCC 558 2025 INSC 1262

Cited By (2)

insc-2026-194
Ghanshyam Mandal vs The State Of Bihar (Now Jharkhand)
insc-2025-1262
Om Pal vs State Of U.P. (Now State Of Uttarakhand)

Judgment

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