Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 78 · Decided 27 January 2011
Sukhbir Singh and ANR. v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 78 · [2011] 3 S.C.R. 581
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1198/2007
- Decided
- 27 January 2011
- Bench
- H.S. BEDI, C.K. PRASAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 r. w. s. 149 ands. 120-8 - Murder A 8 - Dispute over school land between the victim-deceased and C his son on one hand and the accused on the other - Deceased was the village sarpanch - FIR described that two sikh youths aged 25130 wearing kurta pajamas came to the house and asked him to settle the dispute over school land - Deceased was taken from his o house by them - The /ambardar and the member of panchayat were also taken - Son of the deceased followed them - The two sikh youths in the presence of other accused fired at the deceased resulting in his death -
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