Supreme Court of India

Surinder Singh v. The State of Punjab

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Reported as [2003] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 359
Bench Doraiswamy Raju and H.K. Sema JJ.
Decided 8 August 2003

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, we set aside the conviction of the appellant, accused No.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Criminal Trial: Murder-Five persons allegedly involved-Main accused eluded arrest-Declared Proclaimed Offender-Trial in the absence of main accused-Conviction of two accused uls 302 rlw Section 34 and acquittal of remaining two accused-Main accused apprehended, tried separately and acquitted-No appeal preferred-However, appeal preferred by the convicted accused-Held, acquittal of main accused, even though wrongly, does not ipso facto impede the conviction of other accused and vice versa-Fatal injuries on the body of the deceased inflicted by the main accused after appellant released the hands

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