Supreme Court of India

State of Uttarakhand v. Darshan Singh

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Reported as [2019] 14 S.C.R. 338
Bench Sanjay Kishan Kaul and K. M. Joseph JJ.
Decided 7 November 2019

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What the Court ordered

Resultantly, the appeals fail and are accordingly dismissed.

Judgment, page 30

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 – ss.147, 148, 149 and 302 – Murde r – Acquittal of accused by the High Court – Prosecution case was that PW-1, his father, mother and maternal uncle-PW-4 were going on a tractor and PW-2 was following them on a cycle – Father of PW- 1 was driving the tractor, when they found that a bul lock cart had blocked their passage – The tractor stopped near the bu llock cart – The accused persons, who were hiding, armed with pistols and other sharp-edged weapons attacked father of PW-1 – Co nsequent to which, father of PW-1 died – FIR was lodged u/ss. 147, 14 8, 149 and 302 IPC – The

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