Supreme Court of India
Sukhbir Singh and Anr. v. State of Punjab
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that the involvement of Sukhbir Singh and Dilbagh Singh has to be ruled out as they were not properly identified and the charge qua them under Section 302 read with Section 120-B of the IPC must fail.
Judgment, page 7
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 r. w. s. 149 ands. 120-8 - Murder 8 - Dispute over school land between the victim-deceased and his son on one hand and the accused on the other - Deceased was the village sarpanch - FIR described that two sikh youths aged 25130 wearing kurta pajamas came to the house of deceased carrying rifles and asked him to settle the dispute over school land - Deceased was taken from his o house by them - The /ambardar and the member of panchayat were also taken - Son of the deceased followed them - The two sikh youths in the presence of other accused fired at the deceased
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