Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 1042 · Decided 11 August 2009
State of Punjab v. Rajinder Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 1042 · [2009] 13 S.C.R. 609
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1252/2006
- Decided
- 11 August 2009
- Bench
- H.S. BEDI, J.M. PANCHAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Arms Act Section 27
Headnote
PENAL CODE, 1860: A B s .. 302; - Death of victim by fire-arm injury - Conviction c by trial court - Acquittal by High Court -- Ocular evidence discordant' with medical evidence - Injuries on accused not explained< -- Held: As per the ocular account, injury on the .,,. head of ileceased was ~long with single exit wound is compatible with the use of a o 1 rifle and not a shot gun -In view of the categoric statement of the doctor in his examination-in-chief that the injury was possible with a single projectile 12 bore cartridge, the use of a shot gun becomes suspect, as single
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