Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 140 · Decided 25 February 2014
Pal Singh & ANR. v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 140 · [2014] 3 S.C.R. 231
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 191/2014
- Decided
- 25 February 2014
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, A.K. SIKRI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
A B Penal Code, 1860: s.302 - Charge sheet filed against five accused including the petitioners ulss. 148, 3021149, 1208 - Trial court convicted all accused under the charged offences C - During pendency of appeal before High Court, one accused died - High Court acquitted two accused while upheld Plea of petitioners that conviction uls.302 simpliciter for which no charge was ever framed was not proper - Held: Initially, the charges were o framed by trial court uls.302 rlw s.34 and s.120-8 against all the accused persons - Fresh charges were subsequently framed ulss.148, 302, 3021149 and
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