Supreme Court of India

Kartar Singh v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [1962] 2 S.C.R. 395
Bench K. Subba Rao J.
Decided 26 April 1961

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Unlawful Assembly-Conviction of three of thirteen alleged assailants-Acquittal of the rest-Legality of conviction-Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Act XLV of 1860), ss. 149, 302, 307, 34. The appellant was tried along with two others under ss. 302 and 307 read with s. r49 of the Indian Penal Code. The prosecu­ tion case against them was that they along with ten others had taken part in a free fight resulting in the death of one belonging to the other side. The Sessions Judge held that the accused were accompanied by nine or ten others but that it was. not proved who they were. He, therefore, gave

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