Supreme Court of India

Harbhajan Singh v. State of Punjab

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Bench M.K. Mukherjee and S.P. Kurdukar JJ.
Decided 4 March 1997

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above conclusions we re of the opinion that this Criminal Appeal is devoid of any merit and the same is dismissed.

Judgment, page 3

From the headnote

JUDGMENT: J U M N T S.P. KURDUKAR, J. The appellant along with two other acquitted accused persons was put up for trial for an offence punishable under Section 302/84 IPC for having committed the murder of Rajpal Singh. Acchar Singh ( -1) is the father of Kaval Singh ( -2) and Harbhajan Singh ( -3). The appellant. The learned trial court acquitted -1 and -2 (which has affirmed by the High Court in the appeal preferred by the State) and their acquittal is not the subject matter of challenge before us.

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