Supreme Court · 1953 INSC 46 · Decided 15 May 1953
Dalip Singh and Others v. State of PUNJAB.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1953 INSC 46 · [1954] 1 S.C.R. 145
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 22/1953
- Decided
- 15 May 1953
- Bench
- MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN, VIVIAN BOSE, B. JAGANNADHADAS (3-judge bench)
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 149
Headnote
SUPREME COURT REPORTS DALIP SINGH AND OTHERS v. STATE OF PUNJAB. [MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN' v !VIAN BOSE and JAGANNADHA DAs JJ.] Indian Penal Code (XL V of 1860), ss. 149, 302-Conviction nnder s. 149-Conviction of less than jive persons- ·when proper­ Sentence for the court must find with certainty that there w@re at least five persons sharing the common object. This does not, however, mean that five persons must always be convicted before s. 149 can be applied. If the judge concludes that five persons were unquestionably present and shared the common
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