Supreme Court · 1973 INSC 248 · Decided 19 December 1973
Datar Singh v. The State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1973 INSC 248 · [1974] 2 S.C.R. 808
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 4/1973
- Decided
- 19 December 1973
- Bench
- M. HAMEEDULLAH BEG, Y.V. CHANDRACHUD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 157; Arms Act Section 25, 21
Headnote
v. THE STATE OF PUNJAB December 19, 1973. (M. H. BEG AND Y. V. CttANDRACHUD, JJ.) J 11ditu1 Penal Code-S. 302 read with Ss. 25 and 21 of the Arms Act-Appel­ lant conricted fol' n111rdering his own fatller--G'oncurrent finding of facts­ ·w1tetlzer can be rei•iewed wizen accepted the death sen­ tence and dismissed his appeal. He was also convicted for an alleged · illegal possession of a gun and his convictions and sentences under secs. 25 and 27·of the C Arms Act were upheld by the High Court. The prosecution case was that the deceased was a
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