Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 283 · Decided 27 February 2009
Joginder Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 283 · [2009] 3 S.C.R. 714
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 406/2009
- Decided
- 27 February 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
' ' Penal Code, 1860: s.302- Conviction under- Gun shot c hitting head of deceased resulting in his death - Applicability of s.302, challenged on the ground that only one shot was fired - Held: Though one pellet was recovered and there was only one injury, but that would not take the offence out established that the accused aimed ~ D at the head of the deceased and fired the shot from a close . range which hit him on his head - s.302 was applicable to facts of the case. Evidence: Testimony of related/interested witnesses - E Reliability of - Held: When there is a/legation of
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