Supreme Court of India

Mohinder Singh v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [2013] 3 S.C.R. 90

Bench P. Sathasivam and Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla JJ.

Decided 28 January 2013

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that exercise of power by the appropriate Government under sub-section (1) of Section 432 E of the Code cannot be suo motu for the simple reason that this is only an enabling provision and the same would be possible subject to fulfillment of certain conditions.

Judgment, page 20

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - ss.366, 432 and 433A - Double murder - Appellant-accused committed murder of his wife and daughter in the background of inimical relationship between them on account of criminal cases registered against him by his wife for committing rape on the said daughter, for which he was sentenced to rigorous o imprisonment for 12 years, and for attacking her after release on parole for which an FIR was registered against him - Appellant had committed the offence with a deadly weapon i.e. 'Ku/hara' (Axe) - Trial court convicted the appellant u/ s.302 IPC and sentenced

Authorities it was built on

1983 Machhl Singh and Others v. State of Punjab cited by 60
2008 Swamy Shraddananda @ Murali Manohar Mishra v. State of Karnataka cited by 55
2009 Santosh Kumar Satishbhushan Bariyar v. State of Maharashtra cited by 54
1998 Panchhi and Ors. Etc. v. State of U.P. cited by 20
1995 Ravji @ Ram Chandra v. State of Rajasthan cited by 19
2011 Haresh Mohandas Rajput v. State of Maharashtra cited by 19
2012 Mohammed Ajmal Mohammad Amir Kasab @ Abu Mujahid v. State of Maharashtra cited by 15
2011 State of Maharashtra v. Goraksha Ambaji Adsul cited by 11
2008 Bantu v. The State of U.P. cited by 10
1996 Surja Ram v. State of Rajasthan cited by 9
2005 Md. Munna v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 9
2008 Shivaji @ Dadya Shankar Alhat v. The State of Maharashtra cited by 9
2009 Mohd. Farooq Abdul Gafur and Another v. State of Maharashtra cited by 8
2009 State of U.P. v. Sattan @ Satyendra & Ors. cited by 8

Where later benches applied it

2024 Mafabhai Motibhai Sagar v. State of Gujarat & Ors. relied on
2023 Madan v. State of Uttar Pradesh relied on
2023 Digambar v. The State of Maharashtra relied on
2019 Ravi S/o Ashok Ghumare v. The State of Maharashtra relied on
2019 Dattatraya @ Datta Ambo Rokade v. The State of Maharashtra relied on
2019 Md Mannan @ Abdul Mannan v. State of Bihar relied on
2025 Sukhdev Yadav @ Pehalwan v. State of (nct of Delhi) & Others referred to
2025 IN RE: POLICY STRATEGY FOR GRANT OF BAIL versus referred to
2024 Rabbu @ Sarvesh v. The State of Madhya Pradesh referred to
2020 Shatrughna Baban Meshram v. State of Maharashtra referred to
2020 Manoj Suryavanshi v. State of Chhattisgarh referred to
2019 Manoharan v. State by Inspector of Police, Variety Hall Police Station, Coimbatore referred to
2018 Rajendra Pralhadrao Wasnik v. State of Maharashtra referred to
2016 Vikas Yadav v. State of U.P. and Ors. Etc. Etc. referred to
2015 Union of India v. V. Sriharan @ Murugan & Ors. referred to
2014 Md. Jamiludin Nasir v. State of West Bengal referred to
2013 Sushil Sharma v. The State of N.C.T. of Delhi referred to
2014 Union of India v. V. Sriharan @ Murugan & Ors. mentioned

Of those, 6 relied on · 11 referred to · 1 mentioned

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