Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 306 · Decided 5 March 2019
Khushwinder Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 306 · [2019] 3 S.C.R. 446
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1433/2014
- Decided
- 5 March 2019
- Bench
- A.K. SIKRI, S. ABDUL NAZEER, M.R. SHAH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 364, 302, 307, 380
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 364, 302, 307 and 380 - Prosecution under - Murder of 6 persons - By kidnapping them and drugging them with sleeping tablets and then drowning them in a canal - Conviction by courts below - Death sentence imposed - On appeal, held: the case against the accused by cogent evidence - The case is proved by eye-witness, independent witness and the witness before whom the accused made extra-judicial confession - The witnesses are trustworthy and reliable - There are no material contradiction which may affect the
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