Supreme Court · 1964 INSC 274 · Decided 3 December 1964
Roshan Lal & ORS. v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1964 INSC 274 · [1965] 2 S.C.R. 316
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 197/1964
- Decided
- 3 December 1964
- Bench
- A.K. SARKAR, N. RAJAGOPALA AYYANGAR, R.S. BACHAWAT (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 330, 348
Headnote
Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Act 45 of 1860), s. 201-Removal of evi­ dence of crime to screen offender-Maximum punishment under 1ectlon whether tu be with reference to offence found to have been committed or offenc. 'believed' to have been committed. Tue three appellants were prosecuted for the High Coun of Punjab convicted one of the appellants under ss: 330 and 148 of the Code and all the appellants under s. 201 of the Code while acquitting them in respect of the charge under s. 304. The sentence passed under s. 201 was three years rigorous imprisonment each, the coun holding
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