Supreme Court of India

Sucha Singh v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [2001] 2 S.C.R. 644

Bench K.T. Thomas and R.P. Sethi JJ.

Decided 22 March 2001

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Penal Code, 1860 : Sections 302, 362 and 34-Abduction and murder-Appellant and three others forcibly took away the deceased during the days of militancy in Punjab as their father was suspected to be a police tout-Father of the deceased had sensed danger and hid in tile same house-Bodies of deceased discovered next morning and the father infom1ed the police after contacting. his other sons staying at another City-Special Court awarded life imprisonment-On appeal Held, a series of circumstances especially in the backdrop of terrorism in Punjab prove that the deceased were murdered to pursue a

Where later benches applied it

2014 Paramsivam & Ors. v. State through Inspector of Police relied on
2013 Gian Chand & Ors. v. State of Haryana relied on
2013 Joydeb Patra & Ors. v. State of West Bengal relied on
2013 Sunder @ Sundararajan v. State by Inspector of Police relied on
2011 Prithipal Singh Etc v. State of Punjab & Anr. Etc. relied on
2022 Vijay Madanlal Choudhary & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to

Of those, 5 relied on · 1 referred to

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