Supreme Court · 1991 INSC 277 · Decided 29 October 1991
Hoshiar Singh and Ors v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1991 INSC 277 · [1991] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 575
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 404/1979
- Decided
- 29 October 1991
- Bench
- KULDIP SINGH, M.M. PUNCHHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 148, 149, 302, 307; Evidence Act
Headnote
B Indian Penal Code, 1860: . Ss. 148, 149, 302, 302/149, 307, 307/149: Murder, attempt to murder-Trial of 9 accused-Acquittal of 4 and conviction of 5--Validity of. C Evidence Act, 1872: Murder and attempt to murder-Large number of participants-Ac­ quittal of some accused and conviction of the of D Exhortation-Evidentiary value of. A litigation regarding possession of a certain plot of land was pending in the civil court between the complainants and the accused persons. On 16.12.1975 at about 8 a.m. the accused, armed with fire-arms and sharp edged weapons, reached the
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