Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 497 · Decided 9 April 1996
Hardial Singh and Others v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 497 · [1996] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 114
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 117/1986
- Decided
- 9 April 1996
- Bench
- M.K. MUKHERJEE, G.B. PATTANAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 149, 148, 302, 326
Headnote
Indian Penal Code, 186(}-Sections 302, 326/149, 148, 326-Prosecutiofl • of 5 accused for offences under-Acquittal of two accuse~onviction of three acrnsed by applying Sec. 149 IPC-Wlzet11er sustainable-Held, Na-In- c dividual ove1t acts of appellants to be considered. The three appellants that they came armed with guns and rifles and fired ~t the deceased as well as the injured PW 5 and other members of the informant party who were cultivat- D ing the land. All the five accused were related to each other. The Tuo accused were acquitted, giving them benefit bf doubt on a
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