Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 634 · Decided 5 May 2025
Harjinder Singh v. The State of Punjab & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 634 · [2025] 6 S.C.R. 168
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2477/2024
- Decided
- 5 May 2025
- Bench
- VIKRAM NATH, K.V. VISWANATHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 306, 34; CrPC Section 319, 482, 306
Headnote
Whether the evidence led, in the instant case, justified the Trial Court's exercise of power u/s.319 CrPC to summon respondent no. 2, and whether the High Court was right in setting that order aside at the threshold. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 attack was allegedly committed upon victim-deceased - On 10.05.2016, respondent no.2 along with other persons stopped his car near victim and taunted him stating that he and his family should die of shame for not having taken action against the acid-attack assailants - Victim returned
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