Supreme Court of India

No.15138812y L/nk Gursewak Singh v. Union of India & Anr.

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Reported as [2023] 10 S.C.R. 1139
Bench Abhay S. Oka and Sanjay Karol JJ.
Decided 27 July 2023

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Penal Code, 1860: s. 304 Part I, s 300 exception 4 – Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to m urder – Appellant and the victim, both Lance Naik in the In dian Army – Altercation between them on the issue of seniority, after consuming liquor – Appellant snatched the rifle from the hands of the victim and fired one bullet at him, resulting in the death of the victim – Appellant convicted by the court martial for the offence punis hable u/s. 302 rw s. 69 of the Army Act and sentenced to imprisonment for life – Order of conviction and sentence upheld by the courts b elow – On appeal,

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