Supreme Court of India

Rupinder Singh Sandhu v. State of Punjab & Others

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Reported as [2018] 6 S.C.R. 479
Bench J. Chelameswar and Sanjay Kishan Kaul JJ.
Decided 15 May 2018

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing, we allow the appeals of the accused as indicated above and dismiss the appeal of the complainant.

Judgment, page 31

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 – ss.299 and 304 Part-II r/w. s.34 – Conviction under – Propriety of – PW3 & PW4 were travell ing in a Maruti Car driven by ‘GS’ – Dispute arose on the ri ght of way between the accused persons ( -1 and -2) and ‘GS’ – Allegedly, -1 pulled ‘GS’ out of the vehicle and inflicted fist blows w hereafter, he died while being taken to hospital – FIR registered u/ss.304/34 against A1 and un-named second accused – Trial court acquitted both the accused – High Court reversed the acquittal – Held: Medical evidence is absolutely uncertain regarding the caus e of death of the deceased –

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