Supreme Court · 1978 INSC 151 · Decided 31 August 1978
Bhajan Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1978 INSC 151 · [1979] 1 S.C.R. 527
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 194/1975
- Decided
- 31 August 1978
- Bench
- JASWANT SINGH, P.S. KAILASAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 99i, 149, 326, 302, 325, 3231149, 148, 323; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
527 Evidence-Appreciation of evidence in ca.ses of Statutory appeals u1lder s. 2(a) of the Supreme Court (Enlargement of Criminal Appellate Jurisd1ct1on) Act, 1910 by the Supreme Court-Supreme C,ourt i.SJ a court of appeal under the Act and has got to go into all the questions of fact and law and defence of property-Onus to prove right of private defence is on the, defence-S. 97, Secondly read wit ii s. 99i of the Penal Code 1860 (Act XLV), Penal Codes. 149 scope of. Eight accused including th_e five "'PPellants in this appeal were charged and A B c tried for various offences
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