Supreme Court · 1988 INSC 28 · Decided 29 January 1988
Darshan Singh &. Another v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1988 INSC 28 · [1988] 2 S.C.R. 843
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 98/1987
- Decided
- 29 January 1988
- Bench
- G.L. OZA, B.C. RAY, K. JAGANNATHA SHETTY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34, 302
Headnote
DARSHAN SINGH &. AN01HER V • STATE OF PUNJAB. JANUARY 29, 1988 A [G.L. OZA,B.C.RAYANDK.JAGANNA1HASHETTY,JJ.J B Indian Penal Code, 1860: Sections 34 and 302-Murder by inflic­ ting injuries which were cruel-Sentence of death not justified in the absence of motive. Section and 2 along with two other accused were con­ victed for the mnrder of the first Appellant's paternal uncle, his wife and daughter. First the brother, and then his daughter and wife were done to death with gandassa and kapa blows just outside their house. The motive alleged was that the first
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