Supreme Court · 1981 INSC 15 · Decided 15 January 1981
State of Punjab v. Wasson Singh and Five Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1981 INSC 15 · [1981] 2 S.C.R. 615
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 499/1976
- Decided
- 15 January 1981
- Bench
- R.S. SARKARIA, E.S. VENKATARAMIAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 149, 34
Headnote
STATE OF PUNJAB v . WASSON SINGH AND FIVE OTHERS January 1 5, 1981 [R. S. SARKARIA AND E. S. VENKATARAMIAH, JJ.J ' . Ctinti11al Procedure Code 1973. S. 154 & Indian Penal Code, S. 302- Trial fot n1urdrr-Ar.:cused convic:ted by Sessions Court-Acquitted by High l'ourt-lnterfercnce by Supreme lnvestjgatio11 O.fljcer--Faflure to join respectable persons of locality to witr;:c.\'S recovery of i"W.0.-Value of such ·evidence. The prosecution case 'against the six Uccused (Respondents) was that prior to the incident in question, there was Ml altercation · between
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