Supreme Court of India

The State of Rajasthan v. Gurbachan Singh & Others

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Reported as [2022] 16 S.C.R. 73
Bench Sanjiv Khanna and Sudhanshu Dhulia JJ.
Decided 7 December 2022

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that common intention to inflict injuries and cause the death of Teja Singh, can be gathered from the conduct and ac tion of Gurbachan Singh.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 – Murder – Common intention – Dispute w.r.t partition of land– Victim was beaten resultin g in his death, PW1 (his brother) also suffered injuries – Responde nt convicted along with 5 others – Respondent’s appeal partly allowed b y High Court, holding that he did not share common intenti on to cause death of deceased as he only inflicted wounds on hi s feet with a ‘lathi’, was directed to be released having suffered the maximum punishment provided for the offence – Conviction of other 3 co- convicts (‘DS’, ‘BS’, ‘MS’), not challenged herein – Two others (‘MK’, ‘JK’) were

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