Nandkumar @ Nandu Manilal Mudaliar vs State Of Gujarat

insc-2025-1302 Supreme Court of India 10 November 2025 • CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1266 OF 2014 • 12 min read
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Nandkumar @ Nandu Manilal Mudaliar vs State Of Gujarat is a Supreme Court of India decision dated November 10, 2025 (citation: insc-2025-1302). Murder conviction appeal where the appellant had served over 14 years in custody. The Supreme Court converted the conviction from Section 302 IPC to Section 304 Part I (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), noting the death was not instantaneous and was caused by septicemia after 13 days, and held the sentence already served as sufficient. The bench comprised Justices K. Vinod Chandran and N.V. Anjaria. The judgment was delivered by Justice N.V. Anjaria.

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Summary

Murder conviction appeal where the appellant had served over 14 years in custody. The Supreme Court converted the conviction from Section 302 IPC to Section 304 Part I (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), noting the death was not instantaneous and was caused by septicemia after 13 days, and held the sentence already served as sufficient.

What was the outcome of Nandkumar @ Nandu Manilal Mudaliar vs State Of Gujarat?

Murder conviction appeal where the appellant had served over 14 years in custody. The Supreme Court converted the conviction from Section 302 IPC to Section 304 Part I (culpable homicide not amounting...

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(2008) 15 SCC 753 2025 INSC 1302 AIR 1958 SC 465

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