Supreme Court of India

Darshan Singh v. State of Punjab & Anr.

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Reported as [2010] 1 S.C.R. 642

Bench Dalveer Bhandari J.

Decided 15 January 2010

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Penal Code, 1860: ss. 96, 97 and 100 - Right to private defence - Exercise of - Land dispute between parties - Gun shot injury by . accused resulting in death of deceased - Plea of private defence by accused - Acquittal by trial court - Set aside by 0 High Court and conviction of accused - On appeal, held: Law does not require a law-abiding citizen to behave like a coward when confronted with an imminent unlawful aggression - When there is real apprehension that aggressor might cause death or grievous hurt, right of private defence of defender extends to killing the aggressor - On facts,

Authorities it was built on

1996 Mahabir Choudhary Etc. v. State of B!har cited by 3
1992 Bhagwan Swaroop v. State of Madhya Pradesh cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2019 Sukumaran v. State Rep. by the Inspector of Police relied on
2017 Suresh Singhal v. State (delhi Administration) relied on
2016 Extra Judicial Execution Victim Families Association (eevfam) & Anr. v. Union of India & Anr. relied on
2024 Kunhimuhammed@kunheethu v. The State of Kerala referred to
2024 Raju and Another v. State of Uttarakhand referred to
2024 Subhash @ Subanna & Ors. v. State of Karnataka Ministry of Home Affairs referred to
2024 Periyasamy v. The State Represented by the Inspector of Police referred to
2019 R. Jayapal v. State of Tamil Nadu & Anr. referred to
2011 Jalpat Rai & Ors. v. State of Haryana referred to

Of those, 3 relied on · 6 referred to

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