Supreme Court of India
Gurcharan Singh v. State of Punjab
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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
- 2024 Ram Singh v. The State of U.P.
- 2023 Pritinder Singh @ Lovely v. The State of Punjab
- 2020 Rajesh @ Sarkari & Anr v. State of Haryana
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to
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