Supreme Court of India

Jarnail Singh & Ors. v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [2009] 13 S.C.R. 774

Bench Harjit Singh Bedi and Dr. B.S. Chauhan JJ.

Decided 26 August 2009

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we find no exceptional circumstance warranting interference by this Court.

Judgment, page 18

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302, 148, 149, 307, 364, 342, -+ 506, 201 and 120- /Arms Act, 1959 - s.30 - Prosecution c under - Dispute over a land - Two of the accused sold the land to other accused - Attempt to take forcible possession of the land by alleged incident - In the incident, witnesses injured and depth .caused of one labourer - Assailants throwing the body of the deceased in a canal - Recovery of ...,..- dead body after 14 days - Identified by the Co-labourers '?'> witnesses - One accused absconding - Conviction of all the accused by trial court - High Court acquitting the vendor-

Authorities it was built on

2004 Thangaiya v. State of Tamil Nadu cited by 22

Where later benches applied it

2016 Harbeer Singh v. Sheeshpal & Ors. relied on
2015 Jodhan v. State of M.P. relied on
2023 Ravi Mandal v. State of Uttarakhand referred to
2023 Munna Lal v. The State of Uttar Pradesh referred to
2022 Khema @ Khem Chandra Etc. v. State of Uttar Pradesh referred to
2022 Manoj & Ors v. State of Madhya Pradesh referred to
2022 Rajesh Yadav & Anr v. State of U.P. referred to
2018 Khurshid Ahmed v. State of Jammu and Kashmir referred to
2015 Vutukuru Lakshmaiah v. State of Andhra Pradesh referred to
2010 C. Muniappan & Ors. v. State of Tamil Nadu referred to

Of those, 2 relied on · 8 referred to

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