Supreme Court · 1971 INSC 46 · Decided 4 February 1971
Hazara Singh & Ors v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1971 INSC 46 · [1971] 3 S.C.R. 674
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 139/1968
- Decided
- 4 February 1971
- Bench
- K.S. HEGDE, A.N. GROVER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 307, 146, 148, 349, 149; Arms Act Section 25
Headnote
!..dian Penal Code, ss. 307, 146, 148 and 349-Miscreants firing shots <>n p:Jlice party in darkness-No evidence that shots ,were fired in direction of members of police party--Offence of attempt to' murder could not be said to be· made out-Firing of such shots is not use of force as guilty of offence under s. 148. Evidence-Excessive similarity between evidence of two witnesses-.­ lnference of tutoring can be drawn specially when the witnesses are clearly not independent. The six appellants we're challenged by a police party when they were proceeding towards Pakistan
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