Supreme Court · 1972 INSC 184 · Decided 23 August 1972
Pala Singh & ANR. v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1972 INSC 184 · [1973] 1 S.C.R. 964
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 197/1969
- Decided
- 23 August 1972
- Bench
- J.M. SHELAT, I.D. DUA, HANS RAJ KHANNA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34, 120B, 309, 307; CrPC Section 417, 157, 107; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure s. 417-Appeal in High Court against acquittal by trial court-High Court's pawer to reverse judgment of .ac~uittal-Practice and procedure. Code of Criminal Procedure s. 157~Delay in sending occurrence re­ port to 1nagistrate-Whether whole investigation to be regarded justified. The appellants along with some other accused were tried for murder under s. 302 I.P.C. and connected offences. They were acquitted by the Sessions Judge. The High Court reversing the judgment of acquittal convicted the appellants. In appeal before this Court under article 136 of the
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)