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Jaswinder Singh (dead) through Legal Representative v. Navjot Singh Sidhu & Ors.

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Reported as [2022] 4 S.C.R. 725
Bench A. M. Khanwilkar and Sanjay Kishan Kaul JJ.
Decided 19 May 2022

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Sentence/Sentencing: Enhancement of sentence – Incident pertaining to a dispute of right of way – Respondent No. 1-accused inflicted fist bl ows to a 65 years old man, resulting in his death – High Court convicted t he accused u/s. 304 Part II IPC – However, in appeal, t he Supreme Court held that out of all the fist blows of the respondent, only one of them landed on the head of the deceased, that th ere was uncertainty regarding the cause of death, that no weapon u sed nor there was past enmity, thus, respondent not held guilty o f death but of causing voluntary hurt to the deceased,

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