Supreme Court of India · 1996-09-26
SARWAN SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB
- Citation / case number
- SC 1993/202584
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- SARWAN SINGH
- Respondent
- STATE OF PUNJAB
- Author
- S.P. KURDUKAR
- Bench
- KURDUKAR S.P.
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellant under Section 302/34 IPC and Section 3 of the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987 (TADA), affirming that the prosecution established the appellant's involvement in the murder of Swarn Singh and Balwant Singh. The Court emphasized that the evidence presented, including eyewitness accounts, sufficiently proved the appellant's participation in the crime. The appeal was dismissed, and the conviction and sentence by the Designated Court were upheld.