Supreme Court of India

Sukhvinder Singh and Ors. v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [1994] 3 S.C.R. 1061
Bench Dr. A.S. Anand and Faizan Uddin JJ.
Decided 12 May 1994

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the C prosecution has failed to establish that the letters Ex.

Judgment, page 18

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Indian Penal Code, 1860: Section 302 read with Section 149/ 120B-Cir­ cumstantial evidence connecting the appellants with the criminal conspiracy to commit murder-Whether proved beyond reasonable doubt-Conviction and sentence-Validity of Tmorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987 : Section 3-conviction and sentence cannot be sustained in the absence of any allegations and ingredient of the section being established in the case. Evidence Act, 1872: Section 27---l'rovision not to be made use of to re-discover the discovered fact. Section 73-Recourse to be had only by the Court

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