Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 958 · Decided 5 December 2006
Kulwinder Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 958 · [2006] SUPP. 10 S.C.R. 73
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 675/2006
- Decided
- 5 December 2006
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Arms Act Section 25, 27
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860; s. 302 Murder-Accused persons hiring criminals to eliminate a relative­ Criminals so hired shot him dead-Trial Court found all the accused persons C except one guilty of committing murder and sentenced them to imprisonment for life-Appeal dismissed by High Court-On appeal, first informant-From recovery of pistols and empty cartridge from the spot, it could not definitely be ascertained that they were fired from the D pistols so recovered and used by the criminals-But it would not lead to the conclusion that they had not committed the crime-Fight between accused
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