Supreme Court of India

Gurcharan Singh v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [1963] 3 S.C.R. 585
Bench P.B. Gajendragadkar J.
Decided 10 August 1962

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the appeal fails and the order of oonfiotion and sentences pa.Beed. against the appel­ lants is confirmed.

Judgment, page 19

From the headnote

Orimi·1al Trial-Murder-Shooting with gun- Acquittal of possession af 'Unlicensed firearm-Effect on trial for murder--Ballistic expert-Failure to produce-If vitiates trial­ Dutg of High Court to consider Points 'TUised in appeal. The two appellants and S together with three others , and were tried·for the muder of four pers~ns by shoo­ ting them with guns. Two spent cartridges were recovered at the spot; produced a gun on the very day o.f occurrence and produced a gun one week after the occurrence. The cartridges and guns were sent for examination to the ballistic expert but neither he nor his

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to

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