Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 326 · Decided 2 August 2002
State of Punjab v. Gurmej Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 326 · [2002] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 427
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 318/2001
- Decided
- 2 August 2002
- Bench
- R.C. LAHOTI, BRIJESH KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 324, 326, 450; CrPC Section 357, 357(3)
Headnote
A v. GURMEJ SINGH AUGUST 2, 2002 [R.C. LAHOTI AND BRIJESH KUMAR, JJ.) B Penal Code, 1860-Sections 302, 324, 326 and 450-Penalty of death sentence-Award of-On facts, quarrel on account of money transactions between accused and his brother infariating the accused leading to assault C resulting in to accept the reference for confirmation of death sentence-On appeal held, it does not fall in the category of rarest of rare cases to award extreme penalty of death-- Hence order of High Court does not call for interference. D Criminal Law-Pre-mature release of prisoner-It is considered on
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