Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 177 · Decided 12 February 2009
Santokh Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 177 · [2009] 2 S.C.R. 412
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 285/2009
- Decided
- 12 February 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 300, 302
Headnote
412 A SANTOKH SINGH v. STATE OF PUNJAB Criminal Appeal No. 285 of 2009 B FEBRUARY 12, 2009 (DR. ARIJIT PASAYAT AND DR. MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA, JJ) _.._. Penal Code, 1860: c s.s. 300, Exception 4, 302, s.304(part I) and ss. 97 and 100 - On a dispute regarding land, accused fired at his opponent Court - HELD: Trial court and High Court correctly held that it was not a case of right of private defence - However, ,.. .... conviction altered from s.302 to s.304 (part-I) with a sentence · of 10 years imprisonment. The appellant and his wife were prosecuted for E murder. The
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