Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1173 · Decided 17 October 2008
State of Punjab v. Gurdev Singh & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1173 · [2008] 14 S.C.R. 680
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 349/2002
- Decided
- 17 October 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302-rlw s. 34 - Murder - By six c ·accused - Parties were in inimical terms - Investigating Of- ficer stating that he did not fihd blood from the scene of occur- rence and found no sign of homicidal attack - Medico-Legal report stating the incident as a roadside tion of four accused by trial Court-Acquittal of all the accused D by High Court - On appeal, held: In the facts of the case, ac- quittal justified - Prosecution tried to project a vehicular acci- dent into a case of homicidal death. ~ Respondents-accused were prosecuted for causing death of one
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