Supreme Court · 1962 INSC 173 · Decided 27 April 1962
Sewa Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1962 INSC 173 · [1963] 2 S.C.R. 545
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 60/1962
- Decided
- 27 April 1962
- Bench
- T.L. VENKATARAMA AIYYAR, K.C. DAS GUPTA, J.R. MUDHOLKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
SUPREME OOtmT RICPORTS this appeal must be allowed. We therefore allow the appeal and set aside the order of the High Court and dismiss the writ petition. The High Court allowed uo costs to the respondent. We think in the circumstances that the parties should bear iheir own costs. AppeJJl Dodor'• evidence -Oroaa·eZtlmination -No ). challenge -Indian Penal Ooae, 1860 ( 46 of 1860), a. 302. The appellant was tried and convicted for murder and sentenced to death. Two eye witnesses testified that· he shot and killed "the deceased from a shop while
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