Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 613 · Decided 13 September 2013
Manjit Singh & ANR. v. State of Punjab & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 613 · [2013] 11 S.C.R. 107
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2042/2010
- Decided
- 13 September 2013
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, VIKRAMAJIT SEN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3021307, 34, 307; Evidence Act Section 134
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s. 3021307 rlw s. 34 - Firing of gunshots - Causing injuries to PW1 and death of his brother A B - Five accused- Conviction of A-1 and A-2 i.e. the appellants C - Justification - Held: PWs-1 and 2, brother and father of the deceased, deposed in a vivid manner about the crime - Non-examination of two witnesses did not affect the trustworthiness of PltVs-1 and 2 - Though there was some embellishment by Pl/1-1, the D informant, and the other witnesses but that did not make the whole prosecution version untruthful - Non-seizure of blood­ stained clothes and
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