Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 629 · Decided 1 September 2011
Ajitsingh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 629 · [2011] 12 S.C.R. 375
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2094/2008
- Decided
- 1 September 2011
- Bench
- H.S. BEDI, GYAN SUDHA MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Matter referred to larger bench
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 304, 34
Headnote
A B Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302, 304 Part I - Altercation between parties - Victim hurled abuses at appellant - Appellant asked his servant to get spade and thereafter C inflicted blows on the neck of the victim - Victim taken to the hospital and after treatment for three days succumbed to her sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for life whereas the servant, co­ accused convicted uls. 302134 - High Court upheld the D conviction and sentence of the appellant however, acquitted the co-accused - Appeal before Supreme Court - Held: Per Harjit Singh Bedi, J: Appellant took undue
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