Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 462 · Decided 10 October 2012
Avtar Singh v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 462 · [2012] 10 S.C.R. 790
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1475/2010
- Decided
- 10 October 2012
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, F.M. IBRAHIM KALIFULLA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 325, 326, 148, 149
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302, 325, 326, 148 and 149 - C Murder - Common object - Allegation that armed assault by accused party on members of the complainant party led to death of PW10's father and extensive cut injuries to number of other persons - Evidence of injured witnesses, PWs 10, 11 and 13 - Justification - D Held: Justified - The whole edifice of the crime related to a land dispute between DW2 and PW11 - The incident occurred while the accused party was on way to the disputed land in question to harvest crop raised by PW11 - The accused party was the aggressor- Every
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