Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 582 · Decided 29 October 2003
State of Punjab v. Joginder Singh and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 582 · [2003] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 1164
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1783/1996
- Decided
- 29 October 2003
- Bench
- K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, B.N. AGRAWAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34; CrPC Section 313
Headnote
Penal Code, I 860 : c S. 304(Part-II)-Quarrel between accused and victim over money- ' Accused pressing neck of victim, who was a frail person-Death of victim-· Trial court convicting accused and his companion uls 302 rlw s.34- Acquittal by High Court disbelieving prosecution case-Held, FIR, keeping in view the disturbed conditions prevailing in the locality, few hours delay is of no. consequence-Acquittal of accused was not correct as prosecution has satisfactorily proved that accused strangulated the deceased-Companion of the accused did not cause any injury to
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