Supreme Court of India

Pal Singh & Anr. v. State of Punjab

Neutral citation
Reported as [2014] 3 S.C.R. 231
Decided 25 February 2014

INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.

What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we do not find any force in the B submissions advanced on behalf of the petitioners on this count.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: s.302 - Charge sheet filed against five accused including the petitioners ulss. 148, 3021149, 1208 - Trial court convicted all accused under the charged offences - During pendency of appeal before High Court, one accused died - High Court acquitted two accused while upheld conviction of petitioners u/s. 302- Plea of petitioners that conviction uls.302 simpliciter for which no charge was ever framed was not proper - Held: Initially, the charges were o framed by trial court uls.302 rlw s.34 and s.120-8 against all the accused persons - Fresh charges were subsequently framed

Sign in free to read it

  • The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
  • The ratio: what the Court held, verbatim, with the page it sits on
  • Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
  • Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
  • Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing
Sign in to read - for free

An email address, no password.