Supreme Court of India

Gurpreet Singh v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [2005] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 90

Bench B.N. Agra Wal and A.K. Mathur JJ.

Decided 9 November 2005

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that prosecution has succeeded in proving its case beyond reasonable doubt and conviction of the appellants under Section 302 IPC is liable to be altered to one under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC as fatal injury could not be attributed to him.

Judgment, page 14

Authorities it was built on

1955 Willie (william) Slaney v. The State of Madhya Pradesh. cited by 64
2001 Shamnshaeb M. Multtani v. State of Karnataka cited by 26
1998 State of A.P. Etc. v. Thakkidiram Reddy and Ors. Etc. cited by 16
1997 Atmaram Zingaraji v. State of Maharashtra cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2014 Pal Singh & Anr. v. State of Punjab relied on
2013 Chinnam Kameswara Rao and Ors. v. State of Ap. Rep. by Home Secretary relied on
2013 Jitendra Singh @ Babboo Singh & Anr. v. State of U.P. referred to
2012 Dahari & Ors. v. State of U.P. referred to
2012 Bhimanna v. State of Karnataka referred to
2011 Prithipal Singh Etc v. State of Punjab & Anr. Etc. referred to

Of those, 2 relied on · 4 referred to

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