Supreme Court · 1962 INSC 229 · Decided 10 August 1962
Gurcharan Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1962 INSC 229 · [1963] 3 S.C.R. 585
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 87/1962
- Decided
- 10 August 1962
- Bench
- P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, K.C. DAS GUPTA, J.R. MUDHOLKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 149; Arms Act Section 19(f)
Headnote
SUPREME COURT REPORTS 585 GURCHARAN SINGH v. STATE OF PUNJAB (P. B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, K. C. DAS GUPTA and J. R. MunHOLKAR, JJ.) Orimi·1al Trial-Murder-Shooting with gun- Acquittal of possession af 'Unlicensed firearm-Effect on trial for murder--Ballistic expert-Failure to produce-If vitiates guns. Two spent cartridges were recovered at the spot; G produced a gun on the very day o.f occurrence and D produced a gun one week after the occurrence. The cartridges and guns were sent for examination to the ballistic expert but neither he nor his report was produced before the Sessions
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