Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 154 · Decided 6 February 2024
State of Punjab v. Gurpreet Singh & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 154 · [2024] 2 S.C.R. 1039
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 664/2024
- Decided
- 6 February 2024
- Bench
- SURYA KANT, K.V. VISWANATHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
High Court, if justified in acquitting the main accused and the co- accused of the charges u/s. 302/34 IPC. Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 - Murder - Acquittal by High Court, if sustainable - Prosecution case that main accused armed with pistol in her death - Other co-accused accompanied the main accused - Motive behind the murder was that the main accused believed that his ex-mother-in-law was responsible for the divorce from his ex-wife, sabotaging his plan to settle abroad - Conviction and sentence of the main
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