Supreme Court of India

Santokh Singh & Anr. v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [2010] 10 S.C.R. 886
Bench B. Sudershan Reddy J.
Decided 1 September 2010

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered opinion that both the Courts have rightly rejected the evidence given by DW-.

Judgment, page 18

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302134 - Murder - Rivalry between parties resulting in death of victim - Conviction and sentence of accused uls. 302134 on basis of circumstantial evidence by trial court - High Court upholding the order of conviction and sentence of two of the accused and acquitting others - On appeal, held: All the circumstances taken together form a continuous and unbroken chain that deceased was shot dead by two of the accused - Clear evidence that accused went to the house of deceased t0 bring him out of the house for the purpose of committing his murder - Serious rivalry between

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