Supreme Court of India

Kulwinder Singh v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [2006] SUPP. 10 S.C.R. 73
Bench S.B. Sinha and Markandey Ka Tju JJ.
Decided 5 December 2006

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the impugned judgment does not suffrr from any infirmity.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860; s. 302 Murder-Accused persons hiring criminals to eliminate a relative­ Criminals so hired shot him dead-Trial Court found all the accused persons except one guilty of committing murder and sentenced them to imprisonment for life-Appeal dismissed by High Court-On appeal, Held: Statements of PW3 disclosing names of hired criminals corroborated on material particulars by PW 4, first informant-From recovery of pistols and empty cartridge from the spot, it could not definitely be ascertained that they were fired from the pistols so recovered and used by the criminals-But it

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