Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 362 · Decided 1 August 2003
Gurdev Singh and ANR. v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 362 · [2003] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 80
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 392/2002
- Decided
- 1 August 2003
- Bench
- K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, B.N. SRIKRISHNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 149; CrPC Section 235(2), 309(2), 354(3)
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860-Sections 302 r/w 149-Murder of 15 persons and injuries to 8 others-By 5 accused-3 accused arrested while 2 absconded- C Trial, Appeal to High Court, Special Leave Petition and Review Petition in Supreme Court-Conviction and death sentence to 2 accused while acquittal of one-Arrest sentence by Courts be/ow-During pendency of SLP plea for recalling the dismissal order of previous SLP­ Order recalled and leave granted-Held: Offence of accused proved-Hence D conviction and sentence justified-The act is so gruesome, merciless and brutal that aggravating circumstances
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