Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 145 · Decided 6 February 2008
Balwant Singh and Others v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 145 · [2008] 2 S.C.R. 497
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 621/2006
- Decided
- 6 February 2008
- Bench
- P.P. NAOLEKAR, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302 and 34 - Accused armed with deadly weapons causing fatal injuries - Conviction under A B s. 302 by courts below- On basis of testimony of two witnesses c - Correctness of - Held: Testimonies of two witnesses corroborated each other - Though one of the witnesses did not to deceased, but there is strong circumstantial evidence that they were caused by accused - Accused armed with deadly weapons had gone to the house 0 of deceased indicates their deadly intentions - More so, particular injury not being attributable to particular accused is not material because on
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