Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 548 · Decided 17 December 2002
Lakhwinder Singh and ORS. v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 548 · [2002] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 136
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1307/2001
- Decided
- 17 December 2002
- Bench
- N. SANTOSH HEGDE, B.P. SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 148, 27; Arms Act Section 27
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860-Section 148 and Sections 302, 325, 324, 323 and 336 read with 149-Arms Act, 1959-Section 27-Aflegation that accused along with co-accused committing murder of a person and injuring others- C Conviction and sentence-High Court convicting accused but acquitting co­ accused-Held, several lacunae in it-Hence conviction and sentence of accused set aside. D It is alleged that the appellants and otllus variously armed committed the murder of one person and caused injuries to informant and other persons. Informant lodged an FIR and disclosed the motive as one party preventing
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