Supreme Court of India

Sumedh Singh Saini v. State of Punjab and Another

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Reported as [2020] 13 S.C.R. 812
Bench Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and M.R. Shah JJ.
Decided 3 December 2020

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, the present appeal succeeds.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.438 – Anticipatory bail – Brother of the victim-deceased lodged an FIR against the appellant for offence alleged to have taken place in 1991 – FIR was lodged for offence punishable under ss.364, 201, 344, 219 and 120- IPC and subsequently the offence punishable under s.302 IPC was added on the statements of two of the co-accused who were allowed to become approver – Appellant applied for anticipatory bail for offence under s.302 IPC – Sessions Judge dismissed the application – High Court also dismissed the bail application filed before it – In the instant

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