Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 379 · Decided 8 August 2003
Surinder Singh v. The State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 379 · [2003] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 359
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 819/1996
- Decided
- 8 August 2003
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, H.K. SEMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34, 302; CrPC Section 313
Headnote
B Criminal Trial: Murder-Five persons allegedly involved-Main accused eluded arrest-Declared Proclaimed Offender-Trial in the absence of main accused-Conviction of two accused uls 302 rlw Section 34 and acquittal of C remaining two accused-Main accused apprehended, tried separately and even though wrongly, does not ipso facto impede the conviction of other accused and vice versa-Fatal injuries on the body of the deceased inflicted by the main accused after appellant released the hands of the deceased and thus not facilitating the main accused- D Jn absence of any concrete
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