Supreme Court · 1977 INSC 86 · Decided 14 March 1977

Satbir Singh & ANR. ETC. ETC. v. State of Punjab

Court: Supreme Court of India
Citation: 1977 INSC 86 · [1977] 3 S.C.R. 195
Case number: CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 178/1975
Decided: 14 March 1977
Bench: Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, P.K. GOSWAMI, P.N. SHINGAL (3-judge bench)
Outcome: Appeal(s) allowed
Case type: Criminal
Acts & sections cited: IPC Section 302, 120B, 364; CrPC; Evidence Act Section 24

Headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure. 1973 (Act !I of 1974), S. 378 (Code of 1898, s. 417)-dpJ'eal against acquittal-Sal:itc.ry principles in dealirie lrith .an appeal. EJJidence Act (Act 1 of 1872), 1872-S. 24--i,'onf~:,·sion obtained by the .superior ofiicer by questioning separately the llCCuscd auructed. - . All the accused were tiied for offences u/s. 302/120B and 364 J.P.C., but acquitted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Amritsar. On State's ap~al against acquittal, the High :Court convicted five of the appellants (Satbir Singh, Paramjit Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Shiv Narain·

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