Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 61 · Decided 28 January 2013
Mohinder Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 61 · [2013] 3 S.C.R. 90
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1278/2010
- Decided
- 28 January 2013
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, F.M. IBRAHIM KALIFULLA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 376, 506; CrPC Section 366, 432, 433A, 366(1)
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - ss.366, 432 and C 433A - Double murder - Appellant-accused committed murder of his wife and daughter in the background of inimical relationship between them on account of criminal cases registered against him by his wife for committing rape on the said daughter, sentenced to rigorous o imprisonment for 12 years, and for attacking her after release on parole for which an FIR was registered against him - Appellant had committed the offence with a deadly weapon i.e. 'Ku/hara' (Axe) - Trial court convicted the appellant u/ s.302 IPC and sentenced him to death
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